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Tracking stolen bikes in Amsterdam

Für die Studie haben die Autor*innen 100 Fahrräder mit GPS-Peilsendern ausgestattet und an typischen Hotspots für Fahrrad-Diebstahl in Amsterdam abgestellt und abgeschlossen. 70 Fahrräder wurden gestohlen. Davon verließen nur zwei Räder den geographischen Bereich der Kommune Amsterdam. Die übrigen Räder blieben in Amsterdam und gelangten bald wieder über den Second-Hand-Markt in Benutzung.

Zuletzt aktualisiert 9.5.2023

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Autor/in Venverloo, Titus | Duarte, Fábio | Benson, Tom | Leoni, Pietro | Hoogendoorn, Serge | Ratti, Carlo
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PLoS ONE 18(2): e0279906

Jahrgang Februar 2023
Sprache English

Abstract

"Crime has major influences in urban life, from migration and mobility patterns, to housing prices and neighborhood liveability. However, urban crime studies still largely rely on static data reported by the various institutions and organizations dedicated to urban safety. In this paper, we demonstrate how the use of digital technologies enables the fine-grained analysis of specific crimes over time and space. This paper leverages the rise of ubiquitous sensing to investigate the issue of bike theft in Amsterdam—a city with a dominant cycling culture, where reportedly more than 80,000 bikes are stolen every year. We use active location tracking to unveil where stolen bikes travel to and what their temporal patterns are. This is the first study using tracking technologies to focus on two critical aspects of contemporary cities: active mobility and urban crime."

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