Making active and shared travel the default commute
BICO connects city mobility policy, employer action and mobility services. It turns corporate mobility management into a joint urban service, tested in two Urban Living Labs in Warsaw and Thessaloniki, both cities of the EU Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission.
Project at a glance
- Full title
- BICO – Bike Integrated Community Platform for Corporate Mobility Transitions
- Coordinator
- Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland (proposed)
- Topic
- 15mC Topic 2: Align ambitions for mobility transitions across sectors
- Duration
- 36 months, 01.2028 – 12.2030
- Living Labs
- Warsaw (PL, proposed), Thessaloniki (GR)
- Budget
- EUR 986,667 total, EUR 810,000 requested
- TRL path
- TRL 4 prototype on TRL 7 components → TRL 7 by M24, TRL 8 by M30
- Technology lead
- Signalton Teknoloji Ltd. (TR)
Project status: Pre-proposal in preparation for the DUT Call 2026 (Stage 1 deadline: 17 November 2026). Platform: Integrated laboratory prototype (TRL 4), running on test data. Technology base: Signalton SigNode-IoT devices and SigMLT IoT platform (TRL 7, operational in micromobility and school bus fleets). Partner roles, budgets and pilot commitments are proposals until confirmed by each organisation and national funding agency.
What BICO integrates
Existing commuter apps optimise a route, log an activity or run a campaign. Mobility dashboards describe networks without reaching employer decisions. BICO joins five functions that are normally procured separately.
Municipal-employer target setting
A Corporate Mobility Compact records shared targets, responsibilities, incentives and lawful data flows.
Route and behaviour support
Personalised route options, challenges, rewards and voluntary trip recording for commuters.
Aggregated mobility intelligence
Separate city and employer views built only from aggregated, consented data.
Living Lab experimentation
Build-test-evaluate cycles with a common protocol across two cities.
Procurement-ready operating models
Service packages, specifications and cost-benefit evidence that cities can buy.
What the project commits to
Two cities, one protocol
Four funded applicants, four countries
Plus the City of Warsaw (proposed) as urban-authority Cooperation Partner. Polish partners are proposed and being confirmed.