31/08/2026
Asif Akbari's Master Thesis, "Spatial and Modal Patterns of Traffic Law Enforcement in Barcelona: Insights from Open Government Data," explored the spatial, temporal, and modal patterns of traffic law enforcement in Barcelona from a geospatial perspective.
Road safety is influenced not only by infrastructure and traffic conditions, but also by how and where traffic regulations are enforced. Asif's research therefore focused on a question that is often less visible in road safety research: ‘Where, when, and across which vehicle and violation categories are traffic infringements enforced’?
Using Barcelona's open government traffic infringement data from the first quarter of 2024, Asif analysed more than 260,000 traffic sanction records. The study combined GIS and statistical methods - including Network Kernel Density Estimation (NKDE), the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic, and Monte Carlo analysis - to identify spatial hotspots, examine temporal patterns, and explore differences across vehicle types and violation categories.
Got curious? Then have a look at the thesis https://lnkd.in/dadRF4Qa and get in touch with Asif https://lnkd.in/dEGs6Uyt ! 👏 👏 👏