Zaragoza City Council (Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza) is the institution in charge of governing the municipality of Zaragoza, the capital of the Aragón region in Spain. The city council is led by the Mayor of Zaragoza, who has been democratically elected at the end of every mayoral term since 1979. The city is famous for its folklore, local cuisine, and landmarks such as the Basílica del Pilar, La Seo Cathedral and the Aljafería Palace. Together with La Seo and the Aljafería, several other buildings form part of the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragón, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Fiestas del Pilar are among the most celebrated festivals in Spain, and it is during these festivities that Zaragoza carried out demonstrations on behalf of Flying Forward 2020. Zaragoza City Council is responsible for demonstrator 3. 

This demonstrator aims to manage pedestrians’ mobility during mass events in the city centre with the use of drones by flying safely over crowds and taking images that enable the collection of mobility information to improve future interventions. The data will also help to create evacuation routes for emergencies during mass events in restricted public spaces to prevent crowd surges. The collected information will be shared as open data and can be used by scientists, legislators, urban planners and managers. The first use case was tested during the Fiestas del Pilar on 12 October 2022. The second use case was tested on 15 April 2023.

The results of this demonstrator will be available in Deliverable 6.4: Systems Under Test Requirements and Certification (Part III) and Deliverable 6.5: Evaluation and Regulatory Assessment Results.