The HeiGIT team is once again participating in the nationwide cycling initiative STADTRADELN. For 21 days, teams across Germany record their bicycle trips, raising awareness for climate protection, sustainable mobility, and better cycling infrastructure. This campaign promotes environmentally friendly transportation – not only in the everyday lives of the participants but also as a signal to policymakers to strengthen cycling infrastructure in cities.
As per our current statistics in STADTRADELN (as of 01/07/25), the HeiGIT team has cycled for 1,492km and avoided 244.8 kg CO2 emissions so far.
The STADTRADELN board with all real-time statistics: STADTRADELN – Radeln für ein gutes Klima
HeiGIT’s Climate Action Navigator highlights why bikeability matters for climate and quality of life
In line with this, HeiGIT has released the Climate Action Navigator (CAN), a dashboard that supports cities, NGOs, and citizen initiatives in identifying areas for action in the fields of climate action and urban liveability, based on data-driven insights. A particular focus is placed on promoting sustainable mobility, which is assessed through various indicators.
To support this, hiBike, a co-developed assessment tool, is used to evaluate the bikeabilty of streets. It analyzes various aspects of urban infrastructure such as surface, path categories, dooring risk, and smoothness. The results provide insights on how safe and comfortable it is to cycle in a specific part of a city. The CAN assessment tools are designed to help stakeholders such as NGOs, city administrations, and citizens’ initiatives to identify strengths as well as gaps of climate mitigation in different areas.
By developing tools like the Climate Action Navigator, HeiGIT aims to make a contribution to more sustainable, livable and green urban environments.
Anyone can explore how bike-friendly a particular city or district is with the Climate Action Navigator: Climate Action
