Belgrade
Challenge
How can Belgrade improve pedestrian and cyclist safety on key walking and cycling routes?
Current situation
25% of all movements in Belgrade are on foot, while only 1% are by bicycle and e-scooter. The city currently has 120 km of bicycle paths, and its aim is to promote active and sustainable mobility. To encourage more residents to choose active travel modes, Belgrade is committed to ensuring that pedestrian and cycling areas are both attractive and safe.
In car-free zones, bicycles and scooters, despite having dedicated paths, often encroach on areas exclusively intended for pedestrians and sometimes move at inappropriate speeds. Likewise, pedestrians frequently walk on bike paths, creating risks for all non-motorised users.
Belgrade is open to solutions that provide dynamic, real-time preventive measures beyond static regulations. These solutions could include the installation of sensors or cameras, the customization of a dashboard for municipal use, and/or a platform for residents to access information about the safest walking, cycling, and scooter routes at different times of the day.
Desired situation
- Solution that gathers real or near real time dynamic data about pedestrian, cycle, and scooter lane usage and speed along Belgrade waterfront promenade and enables influencing the behavior of active users
- At least one citizen engagement event or campaign in which residents are informed about the big picture objective to make travelling on foot, by bike, or by scooter safer and more attractive
- Roadmap to next steps, assuming the pilot is a success, showing how the solution can be scaled within the city
