Transport Equity
Opportunity area: Transport equity
Shows which residents risk being left without a way to reach work, school or shops, and what a change like cutting a bus line would mean for them. Running in Almere, now coming to Amersfoort.
What problem are we trying to solve?
Traffic models assume everyone can cycle and walk 15 minutes to a bus stop. Many people can’t.
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1 in 9 can't cycle
In an Almere resident survey, 11% said they can’t cycle and 10% can’t walk more than 5 minutes.
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Small changes, big impact
Cutting one bus line can leave some residents with no way to get to work at all.
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Social and mobility teams work apart
Transport poverty sits between both, so it often falls through the cracks.
How does it work?
Real abilities, not assumptions
Adds who can cycle, how far people can walk and who can use public transport alone.
Counts each person's options
Shows how many ways every resident has to reach work, school or shops.
Tests a change first
Shows who loses options before a decision is made, such as removing a bus line.
How is it being tested?
TEST 1 · ALMERE DUIN
What if bus line 24 is removed?
Tested with the City of Almere, where the results changed a decision. About 100 more residents would lose public transport as a way to get to work. Almere is now looking at extending another line to Almere Duin.
TEST 2 · AMERSFOORT
Taking the approach to a new city
Amersfoort signed on in May 2026 as the first new city. It will run its own resident survey and look at access to hospitals and schools.
NEXT
A new tool shows who can reach a hospital, school or job. Zwolle and Haarlemmermeer have had a first introduction.
How does it fit into DMI?
CITY
Every resident can reach work, school and daily needs
APPLICATIONS
Transport Equity
VISUALISATION
Maps per neighbourhood and per group of residents
PLATFORM
Works with different traffic models, so other cities can use it
DATA
Resident survey, synthetic population and public transport, bike and walking networks
Brings the social and mobility sides of a city together around the same data.
OPPORTUNITY AREA
Transport equity
COLLABORATORS
Curious what this could mean for your city?
Schedule a demonstration to learn more about how DRO partners are co-developing this and other applications for better management of the public space.
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