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  • ReportCore resource

    Year-Round Active Mobility: Insights into Mobility Management Approaches

    Ida Lundström, Josefine Wigström, Naomi Zerai, Zein Anani, Camilla Sandberg, Dennis Martínez-Moro, Juliette Ténart · 2026 · Baltic Sea Region

    Year-Round Active Mobility: Insights into Mobility Management Approaches is a collection of eight thematic insight sheets developed by Umeå Municipality and Bax Innovation within the BATS project. The publication explores practical approaches to making walking and cycling safer, more accessible and more attractive throughout the year, particularly during periods of snow, ice, darkness and challenging weather conditions. The insight sheets cover winter maintenance, citizen participation in monitoring maintenance quality, intelligent transport systems, projected traffic signage, perceived security in dark environments, campaigns in educational institutions and services supporting year-round cycling. Concrete examples from BATS partner cities include Winter Scouts and Winter Agents programmes in Umeå and Porvoo, where residents help monitor winter maintenance conditions; weather-adaptive traffic signal control in Gdynia; Gobo light projections in Umeå and Hamburg-Altona to improve visibility and guidance; and solar-powered lighting solutions for cycling routes in Kalundborg. Other examples include winter e-bike lending, winter tyre services, secure bicycle storage and school-based campaigns encouraging active mobility. Each thematic sheet combines an introduction to the approach with practical implementation examples, considerations and lessons learned. The sheets are designed to be used independently or together as planning and workshop materials. The publication serves as a practical reference and source of transferable ideas for municipalities, transport planners and mobility practitioners. It illustrates how different cities have tested solutions to seasonal mobility challenges, while recognising that the examples do not necessarily provide conclusive evidence of long-term effectiveness or represent entirely new innovations.

    • Planning & Design
    • Maintenance & Operations
    • Data & Monitoring
    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Health, Safety & Wellbeing
  • GuidelineCore resource

    Citizen Activation Guide: Promoting Year-Round Active Mobility (YRAM)

    Tallinn University of Technology · 2025 · Baltic Sea Region

    The Citizen Activation Guide (CAG), developed by Tallinn University of Technology as part of the BATS project, provides a practical framework for municipalities and mobility planners to engage residents and encourage year-round active mobility, particularly during colder and darker seasons. The guide is structured around three questions: WHY citizen engagement is needed, TO WHOM activities should be targeted, and HOW participation and behaviour change can be supported. It explains how to assess local mobility conditions, identify residents' needs, motivations and barriers, develop user personas, and select appropriate participatory or behavioural approaches. Practical guidance covers communication campaigns, focus groups, workshops, digital mapping, public meetings, walking and cycling field visits, citizen advisory committees, and nudging techniques. The accompanying CAG Canvas supports systematic planning, while templates for resident surveys, focus groups and campaign checklists help practitioners implement and evaluate engagement activities. The guide also includes examples from seven BATS pilot areas across the Baltic Sea Region and links citizen engagement activities to monitoring and evaluation. It is particularly useful for cities seeking to move beyond generic awareness campaigns towards targeted, evidence-informed approaches that address the specific barriers preventing people from walking and cycling throughout the year.

    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance
  • GuidelineCore resource

    YRAM Monitoring Guidance: A User Manual for Year-Round Active Mobility Monitoring

    Jacek Oskarbski, Konrad Biszko, Daniel Kaszubowski · 2024 · Baltic Sea Region

    The YRAM Monitoring Guidance is a comprehensive methodological manual developed within the BATS project to help local authorities monitor year-round active mobility and evaluate the effectiveness of walking and cycling interventions. It complements the BATS Diagnostics-Interventions Toolkit by providing a structured approach to defining performance indicators, identifying data requirements, collecting and managing information, analysing results and refining interventions over time. A central feature is its Key Performance Indicator (KPI) selection framework, which considers the relevance of indicators to local conditions, transport management, infrastructure and maintenance, as well as their sensitivity to weather and lighting. Two alternative indicator selection methods are presented, including an approach specifically organised around weather- and lighting-dependent indicators. This helps municipalities design monitoring systems that account for seasonal variation rather than evaluating active mobility measures only under favourable conditions. The manual describes a monitoring process covering intervention definition, KPI selection, data acquisition and management, indicator calculation, analysis, scheduling and iterative improvement. It provides recommendations for using existing municipal datasets, GIS information, transport models, surveys and other data sources, including approaches to identifying data gaps, combining datasets and selecting feasible alternatives when information is unavailable. Supporting materials include a structured indicator selection table, findings from surveys of partner cities, data collection recommendations and monitoring process diagrams. A local experiment in Gdynia, Poland, is used to illustrate the application of the guidance. The publication is particularly valuable for transport planners, mobility managers and public authorities seeking to establish evidence-based monitoring systems, compare intervention outcomes under different seasonal conditions and use evaluation results to support future year-round active mobility policies and investments.

    • Data & Monitoring
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance
  • Guideline

    Monitoring Guidance in a Nutshell: For Active Planners

    Jacek Oskarbski, Konrad Biszko, Daniel Kaszubowski · 2026 · Baltic Sea Region

    Monitoring Guidance in a Nutshell is a practical, step-by-step guide developed by Gdańsk University of Technology within the BATS project to help municipalities plan and implement monitoring for year-round active mobility interventions. It provides an accessible entry point to the more comprehensive BATS Monitoring Guidance, focusing on how city teams can develop a feasible monitoring roadmap before implementation begins. The guide presents a six-step process covering intervention objectives, the selection of 1–2 core indicators and 2–4 supporting indicators, data availability assessments, data collection arrangements, responsibilities, implementation risks and the preparation of a monitoring roadmap. It distinguishes between impact evaluation, which measures observable changes, and process evaluation, which examines implementation challenges, enabling factors and lessons learned. Particular attention is given to weather, lighting and seasonal conditions, which can significantly influence walking and cycling behaviour and complicate before-and-after comparisons. The guide explains how to account for these factors when selecting indicators, collecting data and interpreting results. It also introduces the BATS Indicator Selection Tool, supporting appendices and Monitoring Guidance Canvases for defining success criteria, mapping data infrastructure and organising monitoring responsibilities. A Minimum Viable Monitoring approach, guidance on communicating results and a final readiness checklist help cities establish credible evaluation practices even with limited resources. The publication is especially relevant for local authorities seeking to demonstrate the effectiveness of active mobility measures, improve implementation through evidence and use monitoring results to support future planning and investment decisions.

    • Data & Monitoring
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance