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Crowding on Bike Lanes: How Data and Innovation Can Improve Safety
The Netherlands is a cycling country par excellence. With 23 million bikes and a network of 37,000 kilometers of bike lanes, cycling remains the most popular mode of transportation in cities. The increase in bicycle use - from recreational cyclists to e-bikes, speed pedelecs and...

The Future of Temporary Cycle Counts: Radar/Lidar
MultiSensors recently took an innovative step by enabling temporary bicycle counts using radar and lidar technology. Whereas previously we only offered permanent counts, our accurate and reliable measurements are now also available...

Will speedsters on bike lanes be addressed?
The rapid rise of e-bikes, fatbikes, cargobikes, and speed pedelecs has led to a significant difference in speed between the traditional bicycle and its electrically powered counterparts. Speeds on bike lanes now regularly fail to meet the...

The future of safe bike lanes
Oct. 9, 2023 The increasing use of bicycle paths in the Netherlands, especially in urban areas such as Amsterdam, and the evolution of bicycle traffic caused by the introduction of e-bikes, highlight the need for a robust and safe bicycle infrastructure....

Review of Mobility Congress 2023: The Future of Mobility and Bicycle Counts
Oct. 9, 2023 On June 8, Eindhoven was the vibrant setting of the Mobility Congress 2023. The Municipality of Eindhoven acted as host and numerous speakers shared their views on the future of mobility. From the Fietsersbond to the GVB, the NS to various...

Data, Mobility, and the Future of Our Traffic
Oct. 9, 2023 An important milestone was reached in June: the link with the National Data Portal Road Traffic (NDW) platform is operational! This means that data from our "My Cycle Traffic" SAAS platform can now be shared with NDW. A big...

Effects of taking the bike more often
July 23, 2021 Moving more is healthy and biking is better for the environment than driving. Actually, we all know that. But now there are also figures showing the huge differences in the effects of choosing bike or car. Effects on healthThe...

Bicycle highways; What it delivers
July 9, 2021 With more and more people buying e-bikes, the bicycle expressway will be widely used in the relatively near future. It is expected that the bicycle expressway will lower the threshold for going to work by bicycle or e-bike quite a bit. Due to the...

How safe are the bike lanes after Covid-19?
May 5, 2021 We live in strange times. The bicycle industry sold a whopping 1.1 million new bikes in 2020, of which 547,000 were e-bikes. That's a 30% increase over 2019. Many pedelecs were also sold. Still, bike lanes in the...

More space for cyclists and pedestrians in busy inner cities
March 16, 2021 Cities continue to grow, making city centers increasingly crowded. Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and other cities are struggling with lack of space in the city center. Because they take up little space, bicycles are seen as the solution to...