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Lisbon Case Study - Traffic Closures Solution

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Lisbon City Hall logo overlaid on Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, with people walking across the square under a bright blue sky.


"This platform brings a direct benefit to the citizen since it reduces the time lost in day-to-day trips" - Miguel Gaspar, Councilor of Mobility of the Municipality.


Customer


Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, this city located on the 7 hills has more than 500,000 inhabitants. With an area of about 100 km² and by the Tejo river, Lisbon has 24 councils.


Lisbon has increasingly focused on growth and innovation. This strategy has positioned Lisbon on the international stage of attraction and retention of investment, companies, and talents.



Traffic management dashboard displayed on a laptop, showing an interactive map of Lisbon with highlighted road restrictions and congestion areas.


Challenge



Lisbon City Council wanted a solution to manage and share information about traffic closures in the city, with a more intelligent vision, thus updating the old method of providing information based on listings that were contained on the website and were difficult to access by the citizens.


Consult related news: Público and Sapo

Detailed map view of the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, with congestion levels and traffic condition data shown in a side panel.


Results

  • The process of digital transformation that allowed to reduce large amounts of paper;

  • Optimization and more productivity in daily work;

  • Ease of use by any citizen;

  • Improved circulation in Lisbon;

  • Real-time traffic visualization of the city, with information from WAZE and Google Maps;

  • Route Planner, where users can optimize their route



Graphic highlighting platform metrics: “250K Accesses” and “20K Closures mapped.”






Explore the public App here: condicionamentos-transito.cm-lisboa.pt


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