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Student Mobility

In 2016, a mobility project was undertaken by the City of Pully’s Department of Youth, Social Affairs
and Public Security. The initiative was meant to improve children’s safety by identifying and mapping
areas of potential danger on school routes. Another objective was to establish municipal regulations
on school transportation for Pully, as required by the Canton.

The project commenced through a commissioned study on student mobility. The data gathered were
analysed by geolocating the addresses of students and mapping their travel within municipal territory.
The resulting maps are a useful tool for showing the most used critical routes, for enhancing the safety
of certain sectors, and for offering parents recommendations for travel based on where they live.

Furthermore, two of the sectors within the study area – Chemin des Vignes in front of the Collège de
Mallieu and the streets surrounding the Collège des Alpes – will undergo further analysis and concrete
planning by the Department of Works and Industrial Services (DTSI). The city will take advantage of the
replacement of the underground pipes on these sections to review traffic around the school complexes
and to secure pedestrian access.

Smart School Equipment

A pilot project in operation since 2014 has seen several classes in some Pully school buildings equipped
with interactive whiteboards (IWBs), which work with a computer projector and offer new methods
and educational opportunities.

When not connected to a computer, these IWBs look like traditional whiteboards. However, once
connected to the computer and projector, they turn into touch screens equipped with digital features,
including the possibility of writing on their surface with ‘virtual’ pens. These IWBs allow teachers to
save their coursework and any annotations added to the board on a server, to then share online. It
is expected that these whiteboards could eventually be extended to all the high schools in the city.

Furthermore, eight school buildings were fully wired and interconnected using fibre optics as part of
the project and Wi-Fi coverage was installed. Teachers can now freely access the educational network
of the Canton of Vaud, and ‘Guest Wi-Fi’ has been enabled for any meetings that take place in school
buildings.

E-Ticketing for Recreation

Certain municipal recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, are now equipped with a system that
allows ticket purchase via text message. This has reduced waiting times at the cash registers on busy
days, especially during summer weekends.

A text message can be sent to a central number, after which a link is received with a QR code to scan at
the entrance gate. The costs of sending the QR code are fully covered by the civil service, which then
refunds the amount of the text messages to the various telephone operators. The amount charged
to the resident is the same as that paid at the desk, and is billed directly to the resident’s phone bill.

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