West Lake Smart Crowd & Traffic Management Platform
Since 2020, West Lake's management committee, its Hangzhou West Lake Big Data joint venture, and vendor Zhejiang Dahua have built AI cameras and IoT sensors that count crowds at bottlenecks like Broken Bridge, triggering vehicle and pedestrian diversion when thresholds are hit. China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism named the platform a national top-ten smart-tourism solution in January 2025.
📊 Impact
Named one of China's 10 National Smart Tourism Top Solutions by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (governance category), announced January 2025 — a formal ministry citation, not an independent performance audit.
🎓 Lesson
The public record here is a ministry citation and vendor case studies, not an independent measurement of whether crowding or congestion actually improved.
📖 Terms in this entry: Adaptive traffic signals · 15-minute city · ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition)
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “West Lake Smart Crowd & Traffic Management Platform” — Hangzhou, China. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/hangzhou-west-lake-smart-tourism/ (last verified 2026-08-03). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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