Living Labs/2

LIVING LAB

Utrecht

Location Overwecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Period2025-02-01 – 2026-05-18

About

A living lab focused on the Overvecht district (a post-WWII area with ~35,000 residents) to address low bike ownership and safety concerns. Interventions include subsidizing shared e-cargo bikes, providing 50% discounts on shared e-bikes in social housing neighborhoods, and developing solar charging station prototypes.

Focus

Exploring the role of shared e-bikes and shared e-cargo bikes in promoting accessible and sustainable mobility in urban outskirts and low-income areas.

Interventions

#Subsidized Cargoroo e-cargo bikes

1. Solar charging station pilot ("SunCycle")
2. Cargo bike bicycle lessons

Participating Organizations

Municipality of Utrecht (MU)

Province of Utrecht (PU)

Hogeschool Utrecht (HU)

ROC

Moby (Cargoroo)

Lime

Dott

Map

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