The Street Value Tool

Purpose and goal:

The project aimed to create a user-friendly web app for street analysis, available at streetmeter.net. Research on the quantitative values of gators was compiled in a requested method report. Through close collaboration with Streetplans and participation in the NACTO conference in Miami, important contacts were established with planners in the USA.

The web app has been used in street projects in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Umeå, New York and Miami, and each new street is saved in a database for further use and inspiration. Expected results and effects:

The project created a user-friendly web app for street analysis, available at streetmeter.net. Research on the quantitative values of gators was compiled in a requested method report. Many and important contacts and relationships were created with Swedish and American planners through close collaboration with Streetplans and participation in the NACTO conference in Miami.

The web app has already been used in street projects in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Umeå, New York and Miami. An open library of streets is being created, for inspiration and knowledge dissemination. Approach and implementation:

The project has been carried out in eight stages. 1) Project management has arranged and coordinated the actors´ activities, 2) Research has been carried out around analysis models and indicators from a US context. 3) Workshops have been carried out with the parties. 4) A prototype was developed 5) The prototype was tested with reference persons from municipalities. 6) The final web app was developed and posted on streetmeter.net. 7) A method report was written and a web guide was developed integrated into the tool, 8) The tool was presented at NACTO Designing Cities 2024 in Miami.