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!
University of Oldenburg (VLBA) Presents Bicycle Data Website at International Conference in Italy
22 September 2021The BITS project (Bicycles and Intelligent Transport Systems) was recently presented at the Living and Walking in Cities LWC Conference. In his talk Johannes Schering of the VLBA department (Univers…
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Sensors Map Bicycles in Underground Bicycle Parking
21 September 2021In the underground bicycle parking spaces of ‘’t Zand’ and the ‘Concertgebouw’, a bicycle parking system has been installed.
Using optical sensors, the number of bicycles that are left in the bicy…
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Bicycle and ITS: Cycling Apps in all Shapes and Sizes
21 September 2021The following article is written by Ronald Jorna and Robin Kleine, Mobility Consultants, and originally published in Dutch for Mobiliteits Platform .
When you think of cycling apps, Strava…
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The Bicycle Monitor (“FietsMonitor”) helps to translate data into valuable, policy-relevant information
28 July 2021Working with data sounds easier than it is. Different types of data are collected and stored in different ways and locations. Dutch consultancy and engineering firm Witteveen+Bos discovered that data…
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Mobilidata movie shows potential of smart cycling
27 July 2021Providing free-flowing, safe ways of getting around is an important priority for the Flemish government. To reach that goal, they have put an ambitious program in place in Flanders. Called Mobilidata…
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Zwolle action plan allows Zwolle residents to cycle even more
22 June 2021In 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 Zwolle. Zwolle residents love to cycle to work, the su…
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See.Sense partnering with East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the Bicycle library
22 June 2021East Riding of Yorkshire Council are pleased to announce that a contract has been awarded to See.Sense for the provision of data collection and ITS services for the Bicycle library which will be …
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BITS extension: building on success!
22 June 2021Introduction
The BITS (Bicycles and ITS) project is in full swing, with 23 implementations in various stages of development, from initial stage to fully operational. In the past two years we ha…
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The Bike Challenge “cycle to work” starts in Germany
22 June 2021As part of the BITS project, baron mobility service gmbh analyses if an app-based gamification approach nudges people to cycle more often. The participants use an app to track the distances cycled. A…
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BITS message taken up by the European Commission
22 June 2021The bike sector is gaining space into a wider range of policy areas and Intelligent Transport Systems tools are giving an important contribution to sustainable and urban mobility.
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