05 Apr 2022 University of Oldenburg (Department of Business Informatics VLBA) and the Province of Antwerp are collaborating in research about the measuring of the surface roughness of bicycle paths

By Jana Klemp and Johannes Schering

The quality of the bike path surface is an important factor whether cyclist feel comfortable when using the bike…

10 Dec 2021 Lessons learned from two Baron Mobility Challenges in Oldenburg using a mobile app

Griet Vanwynsberghe & Julie Tieberghien (VIVES)

With the BITS-project, we aim to raise awareness of good practices of smart cycling, and to benefit…

10 Dec 2021 Oldenburg Bike Challenge and Company Challenge proves: App with gamification and tracking functions can lead to an uptake of cycling

Janika Hintzsche (baron mobility service gmbH)

"Gamification features have the potential to change people's behavior and can increase cycling."

The…

10 Nov 2021 University of Oldenburg (Department of Business Informatics VLBA) and Province of Antwerp publishing research results on near accident analysis

The BITS project is also spreading its results to the scientific community. To publish the key findings of the data analysis results regarding the nea…

28 Jul 2021 The Bicycle Monitor (“FietsMonitor”) helps to translate data into valuable, policy-relevant information

Working with data sounds easier than it is. Different types of data are collected and stored in different ways and locations. Dutch consultancy and…

22 Jun 2021 Zwolle action plan allows Zwolle residents to cycle even more

In 2014 Zwolle was named the best cycling city in the Netherlands. In almost no other city in the world people cycle more and more often than in…

04 May 2021 Assessing the safety of cycle paths with artificial intelligence

This article was originally published in Dutch by Fietsberaad/CROW and can be found here.

In the Province of North Brabant, an instrumented bicycle…

26 Apr 2021 Live measurement of cycling travel times

Source: Fietsberaad, 23 March 2021. Image's source: Algemeen Dagblad

A trial is being conducted in Rotterdam with the live measurement of bicycle…

14 Mar 2021 ECOSense: how bike sensors can contribute to improve cycle infrastructure

As the Corona pandemic has shown, there is a growing demand in the improvement of the bicycle infrastructure. In order to be able to keep sufficient…

01 Feb 2021 Intelligent Transport Systems in the European Union: a new start?

The European Union has finally decided to act on the Intelligent Transport Systems legislation and drive forward this interesting thread of the…

08 Dec 2020 BITS survey: what do the different types of cyclists think of ITS technologies in cycling?

In Spring, the BITS survey was launched on a large scale. Over 7000 inhabitants of the participating BITS cities and regions completed our survey on…