Maastricht Bereikbaar #Posifiets

Design a practical and sustainable intervention to improve bicycle parking behaviour in Maastricht, balancing the interests of residents, entrepreneurs, and the municipality.

The Project

The Project

How can Maastricht become an even more bicycle-friendly city? One where cycling is both encouraged and well-organized? That is the challenge you will help tackle with Maastricht Bereikbaar and the #posifiets initiative.

#posifiets is a positive cycling movement that promotes smart, safe, and sustainable mobility in Maastricht and the wider Limburg region. Supported by local organizations, businesses, and residents, it works to make cycling not only attractive but also practical and well-managed. However, the growing number of bicycles in the city has brought a new challenge: unsafe and inconvenient bicycle parking, especially in busy areas like the Amorsplein.

This PREMIUM project invites you to take the findings of last year’s University College Maastricht report as a starting point and develop a concrete, feasible, and sustainable intervention to improve bicycle parking behaviour in Maastricht and reduce the nuisance caused by incorrectly parked bicycles. Your design should take into account the needs and perspectives of multiple stakeholders:

  • Residents, who are frustrated by cluttered pavements and blocked pathways;
  • Entrepreneurs, who need accessible shopfronts and safe pedestrian flows;
  • People with disabilities, who often face obstructions in public spaces;
  • The municipality and housing corporations, who share responsibility for maintenance, accessibility, and enforcement.

Your task is to develop a basic toolkit or concept for an intervention that can be adapted to different urban contexts; one that combines short-term “quick wins” with long-term, sustainable strategies. The goal is to create a balanced, inclusive, and realistic solution that supports positive behavioural change while maintaining the city’s vibrant atmosphere.

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Design-oriented

In this project, the focus is on “creating something new”

The Client

The Client

Traffic, the climate, smart supply, always having a full parking lot, … There are plenty of reasons to leave the car behind or, as an entrepreneur, opt for more sustainable and efficient travel or work. The actions and projects of Maastricht Bereikbaar contribute to smart, safe, and sustainable mobility in and around Maastricht.

The current assignment focusses on the #posifiets initiative that is managed by Maastricht Bereikbaar. #posifiets stands for a positive cycling movement in Maastricht and the wider Limburg region.

The #posifiets initiative is backed by organizations, companies and people working towards smarter and more sustainable mobility.

#Posifiets works on the basis of a so-called ‘Three-Stage Rocket’, which consists of 3 steps: investing in better cycling facilities (1), providing good information and encouraging desired behavior (2), and enforcing when necessary, after steps 1 and 2 have been completed (3).

Formal Client

This client provides an assignment and perceives the team of students as consultants doing a job for them. The formal client provides guidance and supports the team with feedback, but is not actively involved in project execution.
We want to involve the students in our campaign as much as possible and support them at all times by providing additional information whenever needed.