Best Practices | BITS - Bicycles and Intelligent Transport Systems

1. Introduction

Within the MegaBITS project, the municipality of Zwolle developed a Light Analysis Tool to improve cyclist safety by analysing…

The Province of Overijssel’s large cycling infrastructure network has its foundations on 3 pillars: infrastructure, behaviour, and smart cycling.…

Concerning cycling infrastructure, the Province of Antwerp features a comprehensive supralocal functional cycling network alongside a dedicated…

By joining the MegaBITS project, Le Havre Seine Métropole is dedicated to promoting cycling in the region and has established clear objectives. As of…

As a proactive step toward modernizing traffic planning and enhancing the integration of bicycle traffic data into existing models, the city has…

To gather cycling data, the City of Copenhagen has traditionally relied on manual collection, though efforts to digitize have already been initiated,…

VeloFlow – this innovative pilot project aims to make cycling in Berlin smoother, safer, and more attractive.

Digital LED displays along key cycling…

By using the Enschede Fietst app, Enschede municipality provides various cycling challenges throughout the year. The app is active for many years now…

Cycling has been acknowledged by the European Commission through the Declaration on Cycling as a healthy and sustainable mode of transport to be…

For environmental protection and sustainability, cycling is the best means of transport for short to medium distances. In order to increase the share…

Developing the connectivity and automatization of vehicles represents a great opportunity to improve cycle safety. A consortium, led by Salzburg…

Together with pupils, teachers and parents, the schools collect as many kilometres by bike as possible during a campaign period of three weeks. An…

Stadtradeln is a campaign of the Climate Alliance. The Climate Alliance is a network of European municipalities in partnership with indigenous peoples…

The bicycle wave reduces waiting times for cyclists at traffic lights. Anyone approaching a traffic light is detected at an early stage either by a…

Mobile phone app that can also be used when using the bike, but was not developed for this purpose. The “traffic pilot” makes cycling more relaxed and…

More comfort, better speed flow for cyclists, fewer red light offences. Leezenflow is connected to traffic lights (Bike-to-X); displays the remaining…

The product is an interactive website, where users can, on the one hand, individually compile and download the processed raw data. And on the other…

With the Ring-Ring-app on the smartphones (iOS/ android) of citizens, cyclists are tracked (100% automatically) what distances and routes they cycle…

The Data Collection Bicycle is a bicycle equipped with sensors to detect location, sound, vibration and air quality. These variables are measured to…

The provincial Cycle Barometer maps/visualizes safety, comfort and use of cycle routes in the municipality/cities of the province of Antwerp.

Bicycle Data Spaces (BDS) have emerged to manage and interpret the diverse data generated by the various actors in the cycling ecosystem. As cycling…

‘Sniff box’ with a sensor for air quality (particulate matter), a sensor for vibrations, a thermometer and a GPS. The box is attached to the bicycle…

With the end of the BITS (Bicycles and Intelligent Transport Systems) project per 31 December 2022 we want to take this opportunity to thank you for…

‘The way to make better decisions is to make more of them. Then make sure you learn from each one, including those that don't seem to work out in the…

Last 28^th November 2022, the BeNeLux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) launched a joint bicycle…

Safe and comfortable use of new cycling paths by night with an eye for the environment, that has been possible in Zwolle since last year. The recently…

Within the scope of the BITS project, one of the ITS implementations of the Province of Antwerp is the 3D camera(BITS newsletter February 2020 -…

As a partner of the Dutch 365 days of cycling Foundation, Deelfiets Nederland, provider of shared bicycles, participated in the opening conference on…

By Georgios Kapousizis, PhD candidate from the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Twente, the Netherlands

Electrification in cycling…

Within the scope of the BITS project, one of the ITS implementations of the city of Bruges was the measuring bike. This bicycle is equipped with…

The City of Aarhus has implemented a solution with LED light in the cycle path, as part of the BITS project. The solution has been chosen because the…

By Ute Ehlers, Samaneh Beheshti-Kashi, Sven Fröhlich

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg strives towards a mobility transition within the…

After two successful bicycle challenges in 2020 and 2021, Baron started with it’s third pilot, the CO² Fit Challenge on the first of September 2022.

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By Griet Vanwynsberghe and Julie Tieberghien (VIVES University College)

Within the scope of the BITS project, a parking referral system for bikes…

It is the frustration of many cyclists: waiting endlessly at a red light. In Hengelo, they have found a solution to this problem. On May 9^th, the city…

On 30^th of March 2022 we raised a glass on our 5^th birthday, with two years delay due to the corona crisis. Local administrations, technical and…

By Johannes Schering, Zora Becker, Janika Hintzsche & Roland Hentschel 

Although we get used to online meetings in the past years and its potential…

By Griet Vanwynsberghe & Julie Tieberghien (VIVES University College)

Within the scope of the BITS project, two platforms focusing on sharing…

BITS partner Cycledata, together with the municipality of Utrecht, is piloting whether speed recommendations on busy cycling routes improves the…