CAM-12

Vehicle parked on the sidewalk

A car has driven up onto the sidewalk and stopped right in front of the building entrance. Pedestrians have to step around it along the curb to get past.

CAM-12 · PEDESTRIAN ZONE

What IRIS understands

What it recognizes in this scene

vehicle on sidewalk
blocked pedestrian
pedestrians
pedestrian
vehicle
bollard

The rule

You decide once. IRIS applies it always.

a vehicle stops inside the pedestrian area

Duringmore than 2 minutes

And alsoit blocks the pedestrian route

Then

alert the city’s duty desk
attach the photo and the license plate
count how often it happens at this spot

The instruction that set it up«Tell me if a vehicle parks on the sidewalk, and how long it has been there.»

What changes

What changes for whoever runs the city

The neighborhood officer drives down that street twice a day. The car mounts the sidewalk, sits there twenty minutes and leaves, usually before anyone in uniform goes past: whoever is pushing a shopping cart steps into the road to get round it and calls nobody. With IRIS that officer gets the alert with the photo, the plate and how long it’s been there, and decides whether it’s worth stopping by. A few months on, the mobility engineer can see which doorways it happens at: that’s the difference between putting a bollard where it is needed and putting it where it isn’t.

What people usually ask

Can IRIS tell a car parked on the sidewalk from one that just stops for a moment?

Yes, IRIS tells a car parked on the sidewalk from one that only stops for a moment, because the rule includes a minimum time: a vehicle that stops for ten seconds to drop someone off raises no alert. It only does so if it’s still inside the pedestrian area after the time you set, two minutes for example. The city chooses that time and can change it street by street.

Does IRIS tell a delivery van from a private car?

Yes, IRIS tells a delivery van from a car — and from a truck — and can apply a different time limit to each type. What it can’t do on its own is know whether that van holds a loading permit: that comes from cross-checking against the city’s own register, where one exists and the city allows it. Without that cross-check, the rule rests on type, zone and time.

Is an IRIS detection enough to issue a fine?

IRIS doesn’t issue the fine, but it’s enough to know it’s happening and to send someone to check. Issuing a fine is an administrative act with its own requirements: who may write it up, and on what evidence, is set by local law, not by us. IRIS supplies the detection, the time and the video of the moment; the case file is opened by whoever has the authority to open it.

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See it for yourself

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An extract of the real screen, no voice-over and hands-free. Each round poses another situation. What sits behind it is a good deal bigger than what you see.