News
Here you can find regular news updates on the BITS project and other relevant developments in the domain of Cycling and ITS.Make sure to also follow the BITS project on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for regular updates on news, press releases and events!
EU 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 …
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How 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…
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BITS 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…
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Lessons 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…
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Oldenburg 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…
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BITS 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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VIVES and VLBA are evaluating the Bicycle Data project on the 1st of December 2021
07 December 2021The BITS project has already worked on data driven cycling solutions for more than 2,5 years. A lot of data and analysis results were provided by the Bicycle Data team to the BITS circle. In this co…
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Forbes discusses the Research, Barriers and Potential of Beaconization
02 December 2021Beaconization, is equipping bicycles and pedestrians with transponder beacons that can be spotted automatically by sensor-equipped cars. It was given the official seal of approval in the U.S., revea…
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New sniff sensor can do more
01 December 2021The successor to the Sniffer Bike sensor is smaller, cheaper and more versatile.
Since 2017, the province of Utrecht has been working together with several companies on the Snuffelfiets project…
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Bicycle Data becomes part of the CyclingDataHub
01 December 2021The BITS project is building up a huge database on European bicycle data sets. In these days the ) which connects all the data sources from different countries as a core componen…
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