The municipality of Rotterdam has ready the test version of the SpotR pressure gauge, which allows residents and visitors to see live how quiet or busy it is in public places in and around the city. Despite the current distance measures, people can safely shop, sit on a terrace or run errands with SpotR. SpotR is therefore an important tool for keeping normal life and the Rotterdam economy running.
Rotterdam is also the first municipality in the Netherlands to launch a pressure meter based on objective real-time data. SpotR is now in an extensive testing phase. In the coming months, the municipality will work with the first users on improvements and extensions of functionalities. In the autumn of 2020, residents of Rotterdam and visitors to the city will be able to use the SpotR app in addition to the web app, which can be downloaded from the app stores. SpotR is part of the Rotterdam program. Stronger by, which is aimed at the economic and social recovery of the city.
How does SpotR work?
SpotR maps the hustle and bustle in and around the city and helps residents and visitors to go out for their groceries, to shop, to sit on a terrace or to have a picnic in the park in a responsible manner. SpotR shows the user at a glance how busy or quiet it is in public places in the city, so that choices can be tailored accordingly. Do you want to go to a place where it is busy? SpotR then shows what time it is expected to be quieter at that location or indicates alternative destinations. The information in SpotR refreshes every fifteen minutes.
Alderman Barbara Kathmann (Economy, Neighborhoods and Kleine Kernen) is proud to be the first municipality in the Netherlands to introduce a digital tool based on real-time data, which allows residents and visitors to move through the city at ease, now and in the future. navigate. 'In Rotterdam, we are doing everything we can to be able to continue running despite the necessary corona measures. This is only possible with smart innovations such as SpotR. In this way we help residents and visitors to enjoy everything the city has to offer in a safe way and at the same time help the Rotterdam entrepreneur to keep his business going. Now more than ever, this is desperately needed '.
SpotR is not only relevant during corona, but also afterwards. The app can also provide insight into the hustle and bustle at specific places during festivals and events long after Covid-19, for example, or help tourists to plan their outings in the city as easily as possible.
Protection of privacy
Rotterdam wants to be a digital model city by 2025 by making more use of smart online innovations, which means, among other things, that the privacy of Rotterdammers must be properly safeguarded. That is why SpotR is built in such a way that no personal data of the users is stored. The data shown in the app is provided by the company Resono, which shares anonymous location data with the municipality of Rotterdam. These data cannot be traced back to specific persons in any way.
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