WeCount

Full project title: WeCount - Citizens Observing Urban Transport

Duration: 2019 to 2021

Other UWE Bristol researchers:

• Dr Ben Williams
• Dr Margarida Sardo
• Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers

Research partners/collaborators:

• TML (Belgium)
• Ideas for Change (Spain)
• University College Dublin (Ireland)
• University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• Mobiel 21 (Belgium)
• POLIS (Belgium)

Funder: Horizon 2020

WeCount was a Horizon 2020 project which aimed at quantifying local road transport, produce scientific knowledge in the field of mobility and environmental pollution and co-design informed solutions for several road transport challenges. Uniquely, this citizen science project empowered citizens to take a leading role in the production of data, evidence and knowledge around mobility in their local areas.

Five case studies across Europe were involved in WeCount: Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, Leuven in Belgium, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Dublin in Ireland and Cardiff in the UK. Citizens were given low-cost traffic sensors to install in their homes, enabling them to collect and analyse traffic data, as well as engage with key stakeholders throughout the process. 

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For further information about the project, please contact Professor Enda Hayes (enda.hayes@uwe.ac.uk).