LIVING LAB

Utrecht

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.

LocationUtrecht, Netherlands

Period2025-02-01 – 2026-05-18

Map

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":14,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.12054,"lon":5.10964,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Participating Organisations

Municipality of Utrecht (MU), Province of Utrecht (PU), Hogeschool Utrecht (HU), ROC, Moby (Cargoroo), Lime, Dott

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

1. Subsidized Cargoroo e-cargo bikes
2. Solar charging station pilot ("SunCycle")
3. Cargo bike bicycle lessons