London AI for social distancing | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

London is using cameras, sensors and AI algorithms, normally intended to control traffic, to measure distances between pedestrians and to monitor social distancing rules. The city also used mobility data to predict changes to localized security needs and future behavioural changes after the lockdown.

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Institution

City of London