South London Partnership - InnOvaTe programme
The InnOvaTe Programme is using the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) to help South London Partnership boroughs manage and mitigate new challenges arising from COVID-19, drive economic recovery, and pilot solutions to help people live better and healthier lives.
South London Partnership’s new InnOvaTe programme is delivering a multi-purpose IoT platform which will connect sensors across borough boundaries to help discover new data sets and provide real-time intelligence to help shape policies, programmes and interventions to benefit residents and local businesses.
As part of the programme, 141 Breathe London Nodes have been deployed across the five Partnership boroughs; Richmond Upon Thames, Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Sutton and Croydon.
Alongside Breathe London sensors, the Partnership are colocating Vivacity traffic cameras to provide better insights into pavement usage by pedestrians in town centres, different transport methods including traffic and cyclist movement patterns and their impact on air quality. Vivacity cameras use advanced machine learning techniques combined with state-of-the-art edge processing, to produce anonymous, accurate detection and classification of transport modes and urban movement.
The patterns can inform planning on how to improve the road network and the urban environment to make the borough smarter, safer and more sustainable. No personal data is collected and the technology cannot be used for enforcement purposes.
Councillor Martin Whelan from Merton Council next to one of the Breathe London air quality monitors at St Peters and St Paul’s Primary Cricket Green.
Councillor Rebecca Lanning from Merton Council, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health said:
“Toxic air sadly kills 9,000 people in London every year, and can exacerbate chronic illnesses such as asthma, especially in children. To tackle air pollution, we are implementing these important measures that will help us make informed decisions based on local transport and air quality data. The data will also help residents understand the pollutants that may affect them and the health of their families and equip them with the information that helps them to plan their journeys better by reducing exposure and factors that contribute to poor air quality.”