| Objectives The high-level objective of Veloinfo is to enable local authorities and experts in attaining sustainable urban planning by establishing a WWW-based expertise centre on bicycle planning policies and bicycle use, of which the usefulness and continuity is ensured. European cities and transport planners represent supply/demand for expertise; VeloInfo is sustained by these users, ensuring optimal distribution of expertise. VeloInfo""s objective is to supply and exchange this type of information on transport and planning level. VeloInfo will offer information and connect user cities to experts and expert institutes. VeloInfo will be open to a ray of cities and professionals. This proposal involves the development of the network and its technology based on Collexis, using work package and expert meetings. The network will de demonstrated and evaluated and a business model is made for continuation after the project.
The objective of Veloinfo is to enable local authorities and experts in attaining sustainable urban planning by establishing a WWW-based expertise centre on bicycle planning policies and bicycle use, of which the usefulness and continuity is ensured. The usefulness and continuity of the expertise centre is ensured by the following project objectives: Involve users and suppliers of cycling policy knowledge in the development of the system; Make use of state-of-the-art technology for data storage, information disclosure and internet communication; Create a critical mass of bicycle policy & use information in the expertise centre; Establish a business model based on a co-operative network methodology; Carry out an active marketing and dissemination from the start of the project; Demonstrate and evaluate the usefulness of Veloinfo.
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