BITS - Best practices
Here you can find examples of best Bicycles and ITS practices.Intelligent bicycle lane on Technical University Delft Campus
15 February 20228 February 2022 Dutch State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management visited the intelligent bicycle lane on TU Delft Campus together with Martina Huijsmans,…
Read more‘The Great Acceleration’ for a higher gear in bicycle policy in Flanders (Belgium)
15 February 2022Partnership
A partnership between the Flemish government, the Flemish provinces, and the cities and municipalities of northern Belgium, called ‘De Grote Versnelling’ or ‘The Great Acceler…
Read moreParticipatory traffic counts as a basis for traffic and mobility measures
15 February 2022Congestion, air pollution and traffic safety are all on the agenda when it comes to mobility issues. Measurements that register cars, trucks, buses, cyclists and pedestrians are necessary to come up w…
Read moreUniversity of Oldenburg (Department of Business Informatics VLBA) publishes new journal article about European Bicycle Data
02 February 2022The website that was developed by the University of Oldenburg (Department of Business Informatics VLBA) as part of the BITS initiative delivers a huge amount of processed cycling data …
Read moreEU Commission’s Review of the Intelligent Transport Systems Directive: A missed opportunity says Cycling Industries Europe
21 January 2022In December the EU Commission published a range of policy measures under the heading Cycling organisations …
Read moreHow smart cycling is making a breakthrough in ITS
13 December 2021This article was published in Dutch at on 13th December 2021.
The cycling industry is gaining more and more ground within the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) eco-sy…
Read moreBITS in 2021: more ITS implementations, increasing visibility
13 December 2021After the Corona crisis in 2020 we had hoped that we would go back to ‘normal’ life soon. However, after another year with Corona numbers going up and down, we come to realise that we might have to r…
Read moreLessons learned from two Baron Mobility Challenges in Oldenburg using a mobile app
10 December 2021Griet Vanwynsberghe & Julie Tieberghien (VIVES)
With the BITS-project, we aim to raise awareness of good practices of smart cycling, and to benefit from each other’s experiences. In the pa…
Read moreOldenburg Bike Challenge and Company Challenge proves: App with gamification and tracking functions can lead to an uptake of cycling
10 December 2021Janika Hintzsche (baron mobility service gmbH)
"Gamification features have the potential to change people's behavior and can increase cycling."
The baron mobility service gmbH investigated th…
Read moreBITS project at the annual POLIS Conference in Gothenburg
10 December 2021Else Tutert (Province of Overijssel) presented the BITS project at the annual POLIS Conference in Gothenburg on the 1st of December. POLIS is a leading network of European cities and regions workin…
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