Prague 6 – Children’s Road Safety
Challenge
The city District of Prague 6 manages a total of 33 kindergartens, which are attended by children aged 3 to 6. As part of pre-school preparation, all facilities try to provide children with the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors in parks or at themed events, such as a visit to a nearby zoo. Due to the nature of the capital and the city district, group walks place increased demands on the attention of the adult chaperone, especially at road crossings and on public transport. The City of Prague is looking for a technological solution to facilitate the safe supervision of groups of children moving through the city.
The city of Prague seeks a solution that allows teachers chaperones to monitor the location of the children under their supervision and to receive alerts to potentially dangerous situations. Anonymised data on the movement of children can be further used by the city district for traffic planning and safety features. In the future, the city anticipates the use of this data within the vehicle-to-infrastructure communication concept.
CURRENT SITUATION
The solution should meet at least one of the following objectives:
• Position tracking and data transmission equipment suitable for normal wear by preschool children
• iOS and / or Android compatible applications (possibly also web interface)
• Server part with anonymised data, including the possibility of connection with other applications operated by the district or municipality and prepared for the vehicle-to-infrastructure standard
The solution should target at least one of the following impacts:
- Increased safety of chaperoned children’s groups in District of Prague 6
- Increased trust in digital tools and connected wearables
- Increased parent trust in schooling institutions related to the safety of their children travelling in supervised groups in the city
- Improved traffic planning and safety features
Solution
Flare’s solution helps kindergarten chaperones manage preschoolers during their daily walks. Chaperones’ mobile phones will let them know where kids are, and in case they venture out of the chaperone range they receive an alert to their mobile phone. This is helpful when handling groups of 20+ kids. Technically the solution is a kids’ GPS tracker with a Bluetooth module and mobile app. The device senses the distance between the kid and the chaperone. To make it easy to use, Flare developed mass anonymous device pairing. In this way, chaperones do not waste their time pairing individual trackers every time before going for their daily walk. Additionally, GPS trackers are equipped with safety reflectors increasing visibility in traffic.
Results
•Two of the kindergartens tested the solution and want to continue tests.
•A total amount of two classes, with two chaperones and 30 kids, successfully tested the Flare solution.
