Public policy for successful bike share: Does city size matter? Tartu, Estonia vs. Helsinki, Finland

This research aims to explore the implications of population size on public policy for bike share via a rigorous comparison of the strongly performing bike share systems of two cities with notably varying population sizes: Tartu, Estonia (pop. 93 000) and Helsinki, Finland (pop. 920 000).

This Moblity Lab serves as both a partner and host to Canadian postdoctoral researcher Karl Saidla, with funding being provided by the Estonian Research Council via the Mobilitas Pluss incoming postdoctoral grant program.

Media coverage

Saidla, K. 2022. Smart Bike Share in Tartu, Estonia. Blog post, 5.04.2022.

  • Project name: Public policy for successful bike share: Does city size matter? Tartu, Estonia vs. Helsinki, Finland
  • Duration: December 2021–May 2023
  • Funding: Estonian Research Council
  • Lead partner: Mobility Lab
  • Principal Investigator at the Mobility Lab: Karl Saidla
  • People involved: Siiri Silm, Age Poom