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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
  • ToolkitCore resource

    YRAM - Diagnostics and intervention toolkit

    Milos Mladenovic · 2024 · Baltic Sea Region

    This toolkit is a collaborative workspace for developing innovative solutions for Year-Round Active Mobility in darkness and all-weather conditions. It offers a systematic method for mobility planners and managers to go from a wish to improve active mobility to develop a systematic plan for implementation. The toolkit consists of 8 modules, each presented on a canvas that helps stakeholders explore challenges, structure ideas and co-create solutions together. There are three flexible ways to use the canvases tailored to different levels of time, ambition, team-size and data: 1) Solo sprint, 2) Starter workshop and 3) Deep dive. The canvases can viewed on Miro and used as digital PDFs or printed to paper (A1or A2 format suggested). You find detailed instructions on how to use the materials from the Toolkit pdf-file. This toolkit is part of Output 2.3 of the BATS project.

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

    Winter Cities Toolkit

    8 80 Cities · 2021 · Canada, United States

    An online toolkit developed through the Wintermission programme, providing practical resources for creating inclusive, active and welcoming public spaces during winter. It includes community engagement methods, winter life surveys, action planning worksheets, snow management policy examples and winter city strategies, drawing on experiences from three US cities.

    • Planning & Design
    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • 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
  • Guideline

    Community-driven small sport facilities

    Dan Kollar · 2025 · Slovakia, Austria

    This practical guide explores how community-driven, small-scale sports facilities can promote inclusive physical activity, independent mobility and stronger neighbourhoods year-round. Featuring six European case studies, it highlights grassroots initiatives, participatory planning, funding approaches and cooperation with municipalities, offering lessons for creating accessible sports and play spaces close to home.

    • Planning & Design
    • Health, Safety & Wellbeing
  • ResearchReport

    Institutional Barriers of Promoting Year-Round Active Mobility in Northern European Cities

    Xin Chen · 2024 · 4 countries

    A comparative study examining the institutional barriers to promoting year-round walking and cycling in Kalundborg, Lahti, Umeå and Hamburg-Altona. Drawing on interviews, a survey and a stakeholder workshop, the research identifies political, organisational, resource-related and stakeholder barriers, highlighting the importance of sustained political commitment, adequate resources and institutional coordination in implementing active mobility policies.

    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance
  • ReportStrategy

    Tip of the Iceberg: WinterCity Strategy 10-Year Report

    City of Edmonton · 2024 · Canada

    A ten-year evaluation of Edmonton's WinterCity Strategy, assessing progress across winter life, urban design, economic development and cultural change. The report documents how winter considerations have been integrated into city planning and year-round cycling, while identifying remaining challenges in active transportation, accessibility and long-term implementation.

    • Planning & Design
    • Maintenance & Operations
    • Data & Monitoring
    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance
  • ResearchReport

    A Framework for Understanding Winter Cycling Culture: Case Study from Finland

    Isabel Louisa Scherer · 2023 · Finland

    A qualitative study exploring how winter cycling becomes an established part of everyday mobility culture, using Oulu, Finland, as its primary case study. Based on expert interviews and a stakeholder workshop, the research introduces the Winter Cycling Culture Framework, connecting physical infrastructure and maintenance, municipal planning practices, and the social meanings of cycling to explain how cities can systematically support year-round cycling.

    • Planning & Design
    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance
  • Research

    Winter Cycling Developments in Two Cities of Northern Finland

    Minna Turunen · 2023 · Finland

    A comparative study of everyday winter cycling in Oulu and Rovaniemi, Finland, examining both the physical conditions for cycling and the socio-cultural factors that encourage year-round bicycle use. The research finds excellent winter cycling infrastructure in Oulu and improving conditions in Rovaniemi, while identifying a need for stronger cycling promotion, education and community engagement in both cities.

    • Planning & Design
    • Maintenance & Operations
    • Behaviour & Mobility Management
    • Communication & Engagement
    • Policy, Strategy & Governance

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