Print Email Facebook Twitter Tracking stolen bikes in Amsterdam Title Tracking stolen bikes in Amsterdam Author Venverloo, T. (TU Delft Transport and Planning; Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Duarte, Fábio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Benson, Tom (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Leoni, Pietro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Hoogendoorn, S.P. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Ratti, Carlo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Department Transport and Planning Date 2023 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. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a4bd0776-bf30-4cf8-8f44-e1d7e91bb1b2 DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279906 ISSN 1932-6203 Source PLoS ONE, 18 (2) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 T. Venverloo, Fábio Duarte, Tom Benson, Pietro Leoni, S.P. Hoogendoorn, Carlo Ratti Files PDF journal.pone.0279906.pdf 6.59 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a4bd0776-bf30-4cf8-8f44-e1d7e91bb1b2/datastream/OBJ/view