Biking as part of sustainable urban mobility (2017-2019)

FOCUS

Urban mobility is globally facing big challenges in order to become more sustainable both environmentally and socially. Increasing the share of less-polluting and healthier travel modes – such as cycling - is a top priority in many urban regions; also in Helsinki region.

As a continuation for our previous research on , this project focused on sustainable urban mobility and accessibility from the point of view of cycling.

We aimed at

• (a) understanding and modelling urban accessibility from cyclists’ perspective;
• (b) studying Helsinki´s new bike sharing system and understanding how cycling in connection with public transport can ease the daily mobility of residents; and
• (c) exploring the potential of social media data to provide new insights for cycling planning.

In all, the project explored possibilities of different, novel data sources for producing new insights into cycling as part of sustainable urban mobility and understanding of spatio-temporal patterns of cycling in the Helsinki region.. The datasets included for example sport application data (Strava metro) and bike-sharing system data from Helsinki. The project was funded by

PUBLICATIONS

A joint report was published with the City of Helsinki focusing on the routes and fluency of cycling in Helsinki.

• Tarnanen, A., Salonen, M., Willberg, E., & Toivonen, T. (2017).  (in Finnish)

There are four published MSc theses who worked within the project, with following topics:

•  Ainokaisa Tarnanen: “” (in Finnish)
•  Mikko Raninen: "” (in Finnish)
•  Ludovic Chastenet: “” (in English)
•  Elias Willberg: "" (in English)

PEOPLE

Following people were involved in the project:

• (Project leader, post-doctoral researcher; currently on maternity leave) ()
• (Head of research group) ()
• (Post-doctoral researcher from 2018 onwards) ()
• (Project researcher working with Strava metro data; MSc student)
• (PhD candidate)
• Mikko Raninen (MSc student)
• (MSc student)