Dutch cities team to optimise shared mobility

The Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven have selected mobility data platform Vianova to help optimise the integration of shared mobility services.

Through this partnership, the European startup is helping the three cities improve their collaboration with mobility operators through data insights.

Sustainable mobility

The Netherlands is ranked as one of the most advanced countries in terms of sustainable mobility. In a country where more than half of the inhabitants declare they ride a bike at least twice a week, the development of new shared mobility offers a significant potential to further decarbonise cities’ transportation systems.

With a reported more than 5,000 shared mobility devices in the capital city alone, and numerous infrastructures dedicated to active mobility in the country, the Netherlands is recognised as a pioneer country for carbon neutral transport.

Partnering with mobility data platform Vianova, the cities are seeking to understand how new sustainable modes of travel can be developed in complementarity with existing public transport offers. According to the cities, this challenge cannot be met without having a thorough understanding of the mobility data which is crucial to implement public policies that guarantee the efficiency and safety of the transport system.

The cities want to define the best policies and urban planning for new mobility services through actionable data insights

Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven have partnered with Vianova to help bridge the communication gap between public authorities and mobility operators. The cities want to define the best policies and urban planning for new mobility services through actionable data insights.

These insights are derived from mobility data feeds that Dutch cities can easily retrieve from Vianova’s Data Exchange, where data providers can accept or decline different data requests, and visualise the use cases for this data.

Vianova reports all mobility providers in the Netherlands are already sharing their data with cities through this marketplace, and more transport practitioners are joining the marketplace on a continuous basis, adding feeds from various industry segments, including automotive manufacturers and charge point operators (CPO).

This will keep unlocking more use cases beyond shared micro-mobility management, for instance, road safety intelligence, kerb space management or infrastructure planning.