Supervision and enforcement Orphan bikes

Municipality of Utrecht

Being able to enforce orphan bikes and bicycle wrecks in a better and more targeted way will enable us to properly enforce the General Local Bye-Law (APV).

Last change on 12th of July 2024, at 9:39 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0

• Publication category: Impactful algorithms
• Impact assessment: DPIA, ...
• Status: In use

General information

Theme

Public Order and Safety

Begin date

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Contact information

[e-mail]

Responsible use

Goal and impact

The more targeted deployment of enforcers for liveability in public spaces with regard to orphan bicycles and bicycle wrecks as compliance with the General Local Bye-Law (APV)

Considerations

Results Uthic Assessment: tackling on orphan bicycles allows us to perform our legal duty in the right way and this contributes to the value Power ratios. This only gives us a signal and the action perspective for the enforcers to explore the situation at the concerned orphan bikes. By doing so, we provide enforcers with targeted information for enforcement, increasing their freedom of choice and contributing to the value Autonomy. Better and more targeted enforcement on orphan bikes contributes to safer and healthier conditions for residents. In doing so, we contribute to the value Safety and Health.

Human intervention

The algorithm (with direct impact on Utrecht residents and their living environment) only serves as a source of information for an employee, who takes the right follow-up step based on this information and the context of the situation. This principle is included in our Utrecht framework Internal Guidelines for Algorithm Application.

Risk management

The Utrecht data scientists, Information and Process Advisors (IPA) and Decentralised Information Security Officers (DISO) within the Utrecht municipality have a controlling and monitoring role in the application of the algorithm, in addition to the employees directly involved. By doing so, we want to prevent the following risks from occurring:

- data leak by making personal data of Utrecht residents publicly available

- algorithm takes a decision completely independently, without the intervention of an employee and without interpreting the relevant context of the situation

- 'function creep' regarding data in the application of the algorithm, causing the algorithm to give a distorted picture of what is going on. This can occur because the same type of data is used when applying the algorithm, and the algorithm uses that as confirmation of what comes out as information

Impact assessment

• Utrechts Uthiek Assessment
• Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Operations

Data

Enforcement data on abandoned bicycles at specific locations in Utrecht