Living Lab Overview
From Dreams Knowledge Platform
Located in the northern outskirts of the Brussels-Capital Region, focusing on the Neder-over-Heembeek and Haren districts to improve mobility for underserved populations.
The Budapest Living Lab aims to provide an effective alternative to the reliance on private car usage and low-frequency public transport in the Rákosmente district of Budapest. By encouraging more sustainable transport modes, the living lab seeks to reduce the reliance on single-occupancy vehicles, thereby fostering a greener and more accessible urban environment. A further objective is to test an island-like bike-sharing operation, independent of the large inner-city service area.
Geretsried, a car-dependent town near Munich with no direct rail link, ran a nearly two-year Living Lab to design a network of mobility points combining car sharing, bike sharing, and better bus connections. A planning process to design a mobility point pilot and scale it up across Geretsried's neighborhoods led to council approval of a pilot at the central B11 bus stop, plus a long-term plan for four more locations.
A living lab focused on urban outskirts, testing station design as mobility hubs and the governance of transport planning in disadvantaged areas.
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.
Siebenhirten, in Vienna's 23rd district of Liesing, is a car-dependent peripheral neighbourhood characterised by large-scale social housing, limited local amenities, and few opportunities for everyday life within walking distance. The Living Lab set out to explore whether a temporary pop-up hub could improve local accessibility, encourage active travel, and foster social interaction in an area that falls outside the reach of conventional 15-minute city strategies. Over six weeks, the Living Lab tested a mobile community hub — the Raum_Wagen — combining free cultural programming with a temporary bike-sharing station.