Pragmatex Wins Funding For Project

Jan 29, 2021 | Helen Viner, Trevor Bradbury

Pragmatex Wins Funding For Project
ITEN member, Pragmatex Limited has won funding from the Geospatial Commission (in partnership with Innovate UK) to investigate the feasibility of using the latest consumer grade technology and artificial intelligence to automate the collection of footway and cycleway inventory and condition data. Trevor Bradbury of Pragmatex, is working in partnership with One Big Circle and ITEN member Enodamus (Helen Viner).

 

The project is being supported by Transport for West Midlands and West of England Combined Authority and aims to help local authorities improve travel experience for walking and cycling by improving the data available to manage and identify / justify improvements to the infrastructure.  Areas of interest include identifying restrictive geometries (offset barriers, for example), that make access challenging for user groups such as cargo bikes and persons with restricted mobility, and obtaining objective, quantitative and repeatable data on asset condition and routine maintenance requirements.

 

The 28 winners of their £2 million transport location data competition have been awarded funding of up to £75k across four themes of mobility as a service, active travel, supply chains and boosting capacity.
 
Upon winning the funding for the project, Trevor Bradbury said:

 

Pragmatex is delighted to have been awarded funding from the Geospatial Commission to investigate the feasibility of using the latest consumer grade technology and artificial intelligence to automate the collection of footway and cycleway inventory and condition data. Working with our partners – One Big Circle and Enodamus, our vision is to make a step change in the management of active travel infrastructure.

More about The Geospatial Commission

The Geospatial Commission was established in 2018 as an independent, expert committee responsible for setting the UK’s geospatial strategy and coordinating public sector geospatial activity. It is part of the UK government’s Cabinet Office and aims to unlock the significant economic, social and environmental opportunities offered by location data and to boost the UK’s global geospatial expertise.

The UK Geospatial Strategy was launched in June 2020 and identified transport as one of nine key location data opportunities. They launched a £2m Small Business Initiative Transport Location data Competition in September 2020 to fund the development of innovative geospatial solutions to contemporary transport challenges.