The capital has pedestrians thanks to WiFi the capital has pedestrians thanks to WiFi the capital has pedestrians thanks to WiFi

Via its 800 terminals, the city of Luxembourg is capable of estimating the number of people present in its streets, and thus adapting its different strategies.Presented this Wednesday, the system is "in accordance with the data protection law", assures the municipality.Luxembourg2 min.16.06.2021Cet article est archivéLuxembourg-Ville Via its 800 terminals, the city of Luxembourg is capable of estimating the number of people present in its streets, and thus adapting its different strategies.Presented this Wednesday, the system is "in accordance with the data protection law", assures the municipality.

(M.d.With Nora Weis) does the pedestrianization of the city center bear fruit?Are some streets less frequented compared to others?Has this project impacted the crowds in shops?To answer these questions, the City of Luxembourg now has a major ally: your phone.

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De nouvelles gares vont être équipées de wifi

Les CFL lancent une nouvelle appli pour smartphone et annoncent que le wifi va être étendu à 12 nouvelles gares.

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Thus, each connection of a mobile to the public network of the municipality, via one of the 800 WiFi terminals disseminated in the capital, is recorded in a specific register within the internal server of the city.Fragmented to preserve anonymity, the personal data of users is not communicated to the outside, indicated the municipality during the presentation of the device, Wednesday.The phone number is also anonymous and is erased after 24 hours."The counting is strictly in accordance with the DSGVO data protection law," says Serge Wilmes, the first alderman of the capital and also in charge of computer development.

Launched in 2017, the system was aimed in particular to "respond by facts" to the complaints of the association of traders according to which the streets were much less frequented, completes the alderman.Since then, the municipality has used it to assess how many people move in the capital during events, such as concerts or exhibitions, or the impact of construction sites on travel."We can better adjust our traffic rules," says Serge Wilmes.

800 bornes wifi assurent une connexion gratuite à Internet à travers Luxembourg-VillePhoto:Gerry Huberty

On the other hand, the real efficiency of the device must be put into perspective.Because in fact, the WiFi terminals account for only people equipped with smartphones.Those who do not have them, like children, therefore pass through the meshes of the net.Conversely, holders of a private phone and a professional GSM are counted twice, since they have two connected devices.

But if the data collected must be weighted, this system, however, made it possible to highlight that the pandemic dropped by 80% the number of passers -by in the streets of the capital, in March 2020.A trend releasing upon the softening of health measures, since 72.000 GSM were detected in Luxembourg-Ville on Saturday May 29.

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