This Interdisciplinary Qualifying Project worked to study and improve the mobility efficiency of the historic city center of Venice. We evaluated and quantified pedestrian traffic at 10 high volume bridges and 5 boat stops within the highly touristed and popular district of San Marco. A dynamic computer model visualizing pedestrian movement through San Marco was developed in collaboration with the RedFish Group to help understand the resultant effects of urban changes to ultimately increase mobility efficiency. Traffic through this model was validated by the field counts of pedestrian traffic. Concurrently, we developed a smart-phone navigation application to help pedestrians navigate the city using the public transit system.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• DeSantis, Amy Laura
• Amilcar, Marcus Calixte
• Tassinari, Matthew John
• Setalsingh, Savonne James

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Community
• Computing
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121910-171252

Keyword

• Application software--Development
• Mobile apps
• Human-computer interaction

Advisor

• Cocola, Jim
• Carrera, Fabio

Year

• 2010

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2010-12-19

Location

• Venice

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-20