UKLL newsletter January 2025: major data milestone and transition to analysis phase / 1.01.2025

The Urban Cycling Lab Ljubljana concludes a key data collection phase, generating a large-scale dataset and moving towards analysis and co-interpretation.

In January 2025, the Urban Cycling Lab Ljubljana (UKLL) marked a major milestone, reflecting on a highly productive year of data collection and participant engagement. Through the active involvement of citizen scientists, the project successfully gathered a substantial and rich dataset capturing the real-world experiences of urban cyclists in Ljubljana.

Participants contributed data from 2,273 cycling trips, with an average duration of 35 minutes, resulting in more than 30 million individual data points collected through wearable sensors. These measurements include environmental stressors such as air quality and noise, combined with contextual and experiential insights provided directly by participants. This combination of quantitative and qualitative data represents a key strength of the Living Lab approach, enabling a deeper understanding of urban mobility beyond purely technical measurements.

In addition to data collection, participants played an important role in shaping the research process by sharing observations, engaging in discussions, and contributing to the interpretation of their own data. This participatory dimension will remain central in the next phase of the project, where the focus shifts towards in-depth data analysis and collaborative interpretation of results. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to the understanding of findings and help co-create knowledge that can support improved urban planning and cycling infrastructure.

The newsletter also highlighted outreach and dissemination activities, including a podcast interview discussing the role of low-cost sensors and citizen science in environmental research, as well as broader discussions on the future of urban mobility and transport systems. These activities contribute to increasing public awareness and connecting the project’s findings with wider societal challenges related to sustainability, mobility, and quality of life.

With a strong foundation of collected data and an engaged participant community, the Urban Cycling Lab Ljubljana enters 2025 with a clear focus on transforming data into actionable insights for both citizens and policymakers.

The full newsletter is available at: https://mailchi.mp/386323f8ff4d/novice-iz-okoljske-obanske-znanosti-januar25