Porvoo, Finland

Porvoo is a bilingual city, located around 35 kilometres east of Finland’s capital Helsinki. Porvoo’s city centre lies along river Porvoo but alongside the urban centre and suburbs, the city of Porvoo also consists of rural landscapes to the east, north and west, as well as archipelago and sea areas to the south.

Within the BATS project, Porvoo will focus on two experiments regarding winter maintenance and simulation of infrastructure.

Maintenance supporting year-round active mobility (YRAM)

Maintenance plays a significant role in the overall use of active mobility options, particularly during winter. Therefore, the first BATS pilot focuses on citizen involvement and improvement of maintenance practices.

The object of the first BATS pilot is to develop tools for evaluating the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of measures that promote winter walking and cycling. Necessary data is collected in collaboration with citizens through surveys and workshops. In addition, the maintenance practices must be assessed, and a further objective is to produce feasible Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for winter maintenance in collaboration with different organisational sectors and experts.

Cycling simulator

The challenge of fully understanding the impacts of infrastructure projects is widely recognised. Therefore, the second BATS pilot in Porvoo aims to develop a solution that enables credible comparison between existing and planned infrastructure. In order to achieve this, Porvoo will explore the possibility of transforming existing technology, primarily designed for training purposes, into a tool for active mobility planning. The simulation created within the pilot will provide the possibility not only to observe, but to genuinely experience differences between solutions in a realistic and comprehensive manner.

Porvoo´s goal is to use the pilots as a platform for better understanding of ways to create concrete actions and paths to creating a more attractive cycling and walking environment, year-round.

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