For several years, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin is actively involved in development of soft mobility by arranging greenways and bike paths. In this dynamic, the municipality has installed a Kiomda itinerant counting box In order to precisely quantifying pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle flows on various strategic axes.
“5-6 years ago, we created a greenway along a communal road that also serves a craft area. The meter was installed in order to count soft mobility (bicycles and pedestrians) as well as vehicles.”
This tracking is particularly useful for answer residents' questions on the usefulness of certain arrangements and for assess the potential for the development of soft mobility in other areas.
“Residents were complaining that the greenway might not be useful. Monitoring attendance makes it possible to demonstrate its usefulness.”
One of the main advantages of Kiomda box Is his Nomad character, allowing to be moved to different sites to analyze flows before any decision is made.
“The mobile side of the box allows us to consider depositing it in environments without a bike path. That would be relevant.”
The case was first installed on an existing bike path to Measure your attendance before being moved to other streets, like Rue de la Chavanerie, in order to explore the potential for the development of new infrastructures.
“When it is installed on an existing track, it allows us to assess attendance. Then it will be placed on various streets to explore development potential.”
The figures collected are mainly used by some key elected officials, including the mayor, the elected official in charge of works and The elected official in charge of the environment and ecological transition.
“The data is mainly intended for elected officials, but not all of them. The mayor consults them, as well as the elected officials in charge of works and the ecological transition.”
This information allows them to objectify the usefulness of existing facilities And ofanticipate future needs based on observed trends.
The first results of the count have Exceeded expectations of the municipal team, revealing a much higher attendance than expected.
“On the bike path, the box records more than 200 passages per day, whereas I expected 30-40 passages per day.”
These numbers make it possible to justify the relevance of existing infrastructures, but also better understand travel flows and to adapt the projects accordingly.
“By continuing the greenway, we arrive on a departmental road without improvements. In the end, there are passages anyway.”
Compared to other counting solutions, Kiomda stood out for its flexibility and ease of use.
“The big advantage for us is that it's a nomadic thing. The other solutions are more cumbersome.”
Access to data, with a detailed history, also allows to explain certain phenomena such as the impact of the weather on attendance.
“There are a lot of ski lifts, and you can explain the variations in passage depending on the weather. Very interesting to have all that.”
With A score of 10/10, the town hall says completely satisfied with the solution, which has been working perfectly since its installation in October 2024.
“10, so far I don't see anything to complain about”
A potential improvement would be to refine the distinction between bicycles and pedestrians. A feature that Kiomda already offers, but which requires the mobilization of specific flows.
“Differentiating bikes from pedestrians would be interesting.”
After exchange, it was agreed that the current configuration soft mobility + vehicles perfectly suited to the needs of the city.
Thanks to Kiomda box, the town hall of La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Has a reliable and mobile tool to assess the use of existing infrastructures and anticipate future cycling and pedestrian developments.
