Results of the Barcelona Autonomous Ready Project Revealed
Building AI-based driving data city infrastructure

Intel Mobileye has released data from the first two months of its Autonomous Ready initiative in collaboration with Spain's road safety authority, the Directorate General of Transport (DGT) and the City of Barcelona.
The Autonomous Ready project aims to improve road safety by continuously improving roads and analyzing the condition of infrastructure. The City of Barcelona and the Department of Transport are using Mobileye's advanced driver assistance technology to achieve immediate and long-term improvements in urban safety.

We improve vehicle safety by utilizing vehicles that travel at high frequencies, while improving infrastructure through analysis of the most accident-prone areas.

Nearly 400 vehicles in 12 locations are equipped with Mobileye's ADAS system, Mobileye 8 Connect, powered by EyeQ4, and the vehicles drive 45,000 kilometers (28,000 miles) every day, transmitting data captured by their onboard cameras to the cloud.

In the first two months of testing, 240,000 pedestrians and 37,000 cyclists were identified, and vehicles equipped with this feature were able to prevent 668 high-risk collisions by sending safety alerts to drivers. There was.

The city of Barcelona is working with public-private partnerships to expand this project to urban vehicles, offering various benefits for parking, access, loading and unloading.

Barcelona officials also aim for the project to become a model for cities across Spain and around the world by ensuring participating vehicles are prepared for EU regulations mandating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) from 2022.

This project aims to reduce traffic accidents in Barcelona by equipping hundreds of thousands of vehicles with Mobileye's collision avoidance radar warning devices and mapping technology to make the city safer.

Here, Barcelona's roads are manually surveyed and analyzed, and the data is transmitted to the cloud to improve urban infrastructure and enhance street safety.

As the vehicle travels its usual route through the streets of Barcelona, its on-board cameras collect anonymous information about roadside infrastructure, including external data such as accident history and weather information.

The aggregated data forms the basis for artificial intelligence technologies that detect potential hazards and uncover hidden issues that pose risks during movement. Sensors are increasingly collecting information to understand behavioral patterns in everyday traffic situations where vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians coexist, and are used to develop a deeper understanding of a city's risk profile.

As a result, city streets become safer, and infrastructure improvements based on evidence-based data contribute to providing a safe and efficient mobility environment.
“Safety is our top priority, and we continue to invest in the development of technologies that protect the most vulnerable road users and lay the foundation for autonomous vehicles of the future,” said Gil Ayalon, Mobileye’s regional director for EMEA. “This technology is available to any city official who wants to make streets safer, and Spain is leading the way in adopting innovative technologies through its Autonomous Ready initiative, establishing itself as a global leader in road safety and mobility.”

Meanwhile, Intel projects that the number of vehicles equipped with Mobileye will reach 1,000 by 2020 and 5,000 within three years.