Velo Romania
Velo Romania expands Romania’s cycling map into a powerful multimodal mobility tool. By adding layers that show bike-friendly public transport—train stations, bus stops, ferries, bike racks, and bike-sharing hubs—the platform helps travellers discover how cycling and transit connect across the country. With clearer data and smarter mapping, it reveals new ways to plan flexible bike-and-ride journeys.
Lack of info on bike-PT links
Cyclists and travellers in Romania often lack clear information on where bicycles can connect with public transport. This information gap makes it difficult to plan multimodal journeys that combine cycling with trains, buses, or other transit options.
Enrich eVelo with travel information
The existing eVelo platform was expanded with new map layers showing bike-friendly public transport infrastructure, including train stations, bus stops, ferries, bike racks and cycling infrastructure. These layers allow users to easily identify locations where cycling can connect with public transport and support more informed travel planning.
Users can find bike-friendly transit options
By integrating A2PT-related data into an existing digital platform, the tool improves the availability and accessibility of multimodal travel information. Travellers can now identify bike-accessible public transport options and better plan first- and last-mile connections, supporting more seamless integration between cycling and public transport.
Better data enables bike-transit journeys
Enhancing existing digital mobility platforms with multimodal information can significantly improve the visibility and usability of A2PT services. Providing clear, accessible data empowers travellers to combine cycling and public transport more easily and supports the transition toward more sustainable mobility choices
Challenge addressed: Lack of info on bike-PT links
In Romania, cyclists often struggle to find reliable information about where bicycles can connect with public transport. Details about bike racks, or whether bikes are allowed on trains, buses, or ferries are scattered or difficult to access. This lack of clear, integrated information makes it harder for travellers to plan multimodal trips that combine cycling with public transport.
Solution implemented: Enrich eVelo with travel information
The existing Velo Romania was expanded by adding new map layers showing bike-friendly public transport infrastructure. These include train stations, bus stops, ferries, and bike racks. By visualizing this information on an interactive map, the platform helps travellers quickly identify where cycling can connect with public transport and plan multimodal journeys more easily.
Results achieved: Users can find bike-friendly transit options
By integrating this information into an existing digital platform, the project made A2PT infrastructure and services more visible and easier to use, allowing travellers to quickly identify where cycling can connect with public transport and plan multimodal journeys more effectively.
This practice is considered a good example because it directly improves A2PT accessibility and usability without requiring major physical infrastructure investments. It provides clear and coherent multimodal information for travellers, improves legibility of cycling-public transport connections, relies on open and integrated mobility data, and generates valuable insights on multimodal travel patterns. By enabling users to identify first- and last-mile connections more easily, the platform strengthens the integration between cycling and public transport and supports more sustainable mobility choices.
Lessons learned: Better data enables bike-transit journeys
Enhancing existing mobility platforms with clear, accessible multimodal information is a simple but powerful way to support Active Mobility. By improving travel data and making connections between cycling and transit more visible, digital tools can help travellers plan sustainable journeys and strengthen the integration of active and public transport systems.
Cross Links
Contact: Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration; Velo National Coordination Centre
The project Active2Public Transport is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme project co-funded by the European Union. The project was initiated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI), Department II/6 in cooperation with klimaaktiv mobil – the Austrian Federal climate protection initiative on sustainable mobility.