Cycling app for safer urban cycling

Initiative details

We've developed an app with a safe map for cycling. Routes are made according to quality of infrastructure (user, company gathered and municipalities info), hazards on the road.
Users can report bad infrastructure or good things about it and routes are calculated accordingly.

Initiative date

Who was/is your target audience?

Cyclists

Topic

Create awareness
Improve vehicles and infrastructure
Knowledge building and sharing
Provide alternative solutions

Organisation details

Burbi Ltd.
Enterprise
Lithuania
Kaunas

Contact name

Paulius Bakutis

Telephone number

+37065512381

Website link

Project activities

If you work together with external partners, list the most important partners and briefly describe their role.

We're working with Kaunas (Lithuania) municipality. They are providing info about infrastructure.

Please describe the project activities you carried/are carrying out and the time period over which these were implemented.

The app is online. During 2023 we've developed Android app and put online in 2024. We have 1000 users there.
Currently we're developing Apple iOS app and it will be ready until September.

In terms of implementation, what worked well and what challenges did you need to overcome?

We took model of Waze app where people are sharing their knowledge and that works.
Currently we need more people to report hazards on the road, but that is soon to be changed after Apple iOS app will be released.

Evaluation

Please summarise how you have evaluated the initiative’s impact (e.g. social media reach, survey, feedback forms, statistics).

The impact is calculated by users in our app. It's 100-150 daily users and 1000 in total.

What has been the effect of the activities?

Users reported the bad infrastructure and we've sent it to municipality. Afterwards some of the problems were fixed, e.g. a guy didn't see an asphalt defect and broke his spine. After users reported the problem, it was fixed and there are no more injuries in that place. Before it was fixed, we routed cyclists around that place.

Please briefly explain why your initiative is a good example of improving road safety.

We make everyday cyclist's life and travelling safer.

How have you shared information about your project and its results?

https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/saugukelyje-lt/dviratininkai-sugalvojo-pagalba-orientuojantis-mieste-sukure-navigacine-programele-1662-2283236

https://www.lrytas.lt/auto/saugus-eismas/2024/09/23/news/klaipediecio-eksperimentas-minant-dvirati-vilniuje-kaune-ir-klaipedoje-atskleide-savo-ispudzius-kur-vaziuoti-smagiausia-33802799

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpcF6EDhRSs

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