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.
The living lab is centered on the "Wiener Flur" case study area in the 23rd district (Liesing). It aims to assess how mobility and activity hubs influence behavior and create sustainable community spaces in urban outskirts.