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Ny forskning fra Aalborg Universitet viser lovende potentialer for brugen af termiske kameraer i undersøgelse knyttet til trafik og bevægelse. De varmesensitive kameraer har flere fordele. For det første er man ude over problemstillingen med personidentifikation og dermed overvågning i offentlige rum. For det andet er metoden interessant, da ny forskning inden for Computer Vision-området giver mulighed for at registrere det, kameraet ”ser” som kvantitative data, der efterfølgende kan repræsenteres som bevægelseslinjer på kort eller såkaldte ”heat maps”, der viser intensiteter. Metoderne med termiske kameraer i trafikplanlægning giver dermed nye muligheder for valide datasæt, der omfatter fodgængere såvel som biler. I denne artikel diskuteres dette med udgangspunkt i et forskningsprojekt med termisk kameraovervågning i universitetets bygning på havnefronten i Aalborg.

The article addresses what happens, when an inhabited place obtain the properties normally connected with transit. The article explores a particular place in Denmark that is heavily influenced by transit, namely the town Hirtshals situated in the northern part of Jutland. The purpose is to gain knowledge about how such place and transit mobility influence each other. Theoretically the article analyses the case as a critical point of contact (Jensen, Morelli 2011). Methodologically this is done by exploring four influential layers: History, Flow, Materiality and Meaning. Based on this the article argues that an unbalance within the layers exist which negatively influence the functionality and experience of the place. Through an empirical and ethnography exploration the paper seeks to expose how a town primarily characterized by goods transportation and ferry transit is being challenged on its capacity to be a ‘place’ to live and of social importance to its inhabitants. The paper raises the key question: Can a place become too well connected and this in such a manner that its identity and key character becomes ‘lost in transit’? Thinking of Transit Places, the first sites that comes to mind will probably be airports, train stations and motorways. Such places are overall mono-functional with the embedded rationales of people's desires to move (themselves or goods) from one place to another. Often different service functions and commerce are added to such places facilitating the accomplishment of comfortable and easy transit. Apart from those being in transit, people do not visit these places and apart from those working at such transit places, people do not stay for longer periods. Certainly people do not live or spend the whole of their daily lives here. This is on the contrary what many people do in cities and towns - places where people live, work and stay, and that they purposefully visit in their spare times. The article addresses what happens, when an inhabited place obtain the properties normally connected with transit. The article explores a particular place in Denmark that is heavily influenced by transit, namely the town Hirtshals situated in the northern part of Jutland. The purpose is to gain knowledge about how such place and transit mobility influence each other. The article analyzes the case as a critical point of contact (Jensen & Morelli 2011) between four influential layers: History, Flow, Materiality and Meaning. The analysis shows an unbalance between the layers which negatively influence the functionality and experience of the place. Through an empirical and ethnography exploration this paper seeks to expose how a town primarily characterized by ferry transit is being challenged on its capacity to be a 'place' of meaning and social importance to its inhabitants. The paper raises the key question: Can a place become too well connected and this in such a manner that its identity and key character becomes 'lost in transit'?

”Skaber mobilitet lokal værdi? ” er det spørgsmål som denne artikel vil udfolde. Gennem studier foretaget af rejsende igennem Hirtshals Havn ønsker artiklen at belyse den gennemrejsendes syn på Hirtshals som henholdsvis transitsted og som by. Hirtshals er et transitknudepunkt, hvor motorvejen kiler sig ind mellem by og havn for at ende direkte i færgeterminalerne til Norge, Island og Færøerne. Men opnår den gennemrejsende en stedstilknytning til Hirtshals som en destination på rejsen, eller drukner byen i effektiv infrastruktur? Tesen er, at der ligger et skjult udviklingspotentiale i at samtænke sted og mobilitet, hvilket i Hirtshals tilfælde vil sige samtænke by og havn!