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EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL - BIKE LIBRARY

22 March 2023

For the 22% of the UK population living in poverty, the choice to be able to cycle is beyond their financial means. Successful behaviour change requires barriers like cost to be removed, and o…

Final Remarks on the BITS Project

24 January 2023

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 your interest and support throughout the duration …

Learning by doing, lessons from the BITS project

24 January 2023

‘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 short term: they will provide valuable distinctio…

BITS as a model project for cycling data collection.

23 January 2023

Last 28^th November 2022, the BeNeLux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) launched a joint bicycle roadmap containing new initiatives aimed at pr…

Green Lights for Two Wheels

23 January 2023

After four years the BITS project has come to an end. The global magazine ‘’ published an article in which Ronald Jorna and Robin Kleine (project managers of the project) reflect …

Dynamic lighting at industrial area Hessenpoort in Zwolle

05 December 2022

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 constructed cycle paths around the industrial a…

BITS steams ahead with bicycle and ITS innovations

01 December 2022

On 16^th November the final conference of the Bicycles and ITS (BITS) project took place in Zwolle with around 80 attendees. The event marked the end of the first European project focused on connect…

Hosting the BITS Final Conference was an honour

01 December 2022

On the 16^th of November Zwolle hosted the BITS Final Conference. On behalf of alderman Mrs Gerdien Rots, we would like to thank all the attendees for visiting the city and we hope that the stay wa…

DRK-Blutspendedienst Nord-Ost cycles to compete in Baron’s third pilot: CO2 Fit Challenge

01 December 2022

After the successful Oldenburg Bicycle Challenge and the Company Bicycle Challenge 2020 and 2021, the German BITS partner Baron Mobility Service GmbH with its brand mein-dienstrad.de organized a thir…

Lessons learned from the 3D camera

16 November 2022

By Griet Vanwynsberghe (VIVES University of Applied Sciences) and Steven Soetens (Province of Antwerp)

Within the scope of the BITS project, one of the ITS implementations of the Province of Ant…