ACCESS Hubs: strengthening Europe’s sharing and rental ecosystem

Client: Kringwinkel, City of Amsterdam, City of The Hague, City of Ghent, City of Dortmund, City of Béthune, City of Valenciennes, We Right-Click, The Rediscovery Centre, Made., IESEG School of Management, University of Luxembourg  Date: January 2026-June 2029 Location: North-West Europe Across Europe, citizens continue to purchase large quantities of under-utilised consumer goods, such as […]

Exploring the development of a Dutch national sharing and rental network

Client: Rijkswaterstaat – Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Date: April – November 2025 Location: Netherlands A new relationship is emerging between people and their possessions; one where ownership gives way to access, and where things are no longer meant to gather dust, but gather stories. Entrepreneurs and citizens alike are writing this new […]

Training programme on the access economy for the Province of Oost-Vlaanderen

Client: Province of Oost-Vlaanderen Date: October 2025 Location: Ghent, Belgium and online The Province of Oost-Vlaanderen aims to tap into the access economy by introducing and expanding rental and sharing services across the region. To support this, the province partnered with Bax Innovation and Wij Delen to deliver a training programme for municipalities and public […]

Deployment of sharing stations in Amersfoort

Client: Municipality of Amersfoort  Date: March – October 2025 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands The Municipality of Amersfoort has ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s circular economy leaders and trailblazers. Its goal is to be completely waste-free by 2050. While the municipality does not yet have a dedicated sharing economy strategy, it sees the sharing economy […]

European market study on Sharing Stations

Client: Euratechnologies Date: January 2025 Location: Europe The Sharing Station is an innovative smart infrastructure designed to support the growing access and sharing economy in urban areas. By leveraging a network of connected lockers placed throughout the city, it enables residents to access goods autonomously – whenever and wherever they need them. This system creates […]

BoxUp: Impact analysis of sport sharing stations

Client: BoxUp  Date: January 2025 Location: Europe Democratising sport requires more than just building infrastructure; it means ensuring access to the equipment that enables participation. A ping-pong table or basketball court alone isn’t enough; without the necessary gear, opportunities for spontaneous, inclusive play are missed. Sport sharing stations help bridge this gap by removing key […]

NOMADES: Shared bicycle fleets for primary schools

Client: Municipality of Saint-Quentin Date: January 2025 Location: Saint-Quentin The municipality of Saint-Quentin is testing a new service providing primary schools with shared fleets of bicycles. This initiative is a first for France and provides multiple benefits to students, teachers and the wider city. It allows teachers to organise cycling field trips with their classes, […]

Access Economy Alliance: The network advancing Europe’s sharing and rental revolution

Members: City of Bergen, City of Sint-Niklaas, Circular Library Network, Library of Things, Les Biens En Commun, City of Hamburg, BoxUp, Ghent University, Equip Sport, SportBox, Familjebostäder, Saint Quentin, Vesthimmerlands Kommune, Kringwinkel, Hogeschool Utrecht, City of Amersfoort and others Date: 2024-ongoing Location: Europe The Access Economy Alliance is the first European network of public authorities, […]

Designing green and inclusive mobility hubs tailored to the Mediterranean

Partners: University of West Attica – UniWa (lead partner), ALOT, University of Malta, University of Cyprus, Bax, and the City of Ljubuški. Date: 2024 – 2026 Location: Mediterranean area Working with leading universities across the Mediterranean, Bax is tackling traffic congestion and air pollution in urban areas by promoting public and shared mobility hubs. To […]

Helping cities stimulate the new sharing economy in the GOOD CITIES project

Clients: Region of Western Macedonia, CluBe, City of Jyväskylä, City of Tilburg, Ujbuda (District XI) of Budapest, City of Malmö, Tartumaa, Eutropian  Date: 2024 – ongoing Location: Europe-wide Bax’s Circular and Sharing Economy team is coordinating GOOD CITIES: ‘Cities stimulating new shared economy services for consumer goods in urban environments’. Through public policies, this project builds […]

Digital Kiosks: Building Europe’s first network of sharing stations for everyday goods

Partners: City of Saint Quentin, City of Amersfoort, City of Bergen, City of Hamburg, City of Sint Niklaas, Vesthimmerlands Kommune, Familjebostäder, Kringwinkel, Ghent University, Hogeschool Utrecht Date: May 2024-May 2027 Locations: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden Funded by the EU Interreg North Sea Programme, Digital Kiosks aims to expand the availability […]

Training programme on sharing stations for municipalities and housing providers

Preview in new tab Clients: Gemeente Haarlem, Jyvaskyla, Saint Quentin, Sia Habitat, Familjebostader, Ujbuda Date: December 2023 Location(s): The Netherlands, Sweden, France, Finland Bax’s Circular and Sharing Economy team developed a training programme for cities and housing providers to be introduced to the sharing economy. Across seven interactive sessions, participants were introduced to the vision […]

Assessing the value of shared mobility using the MODE framework

Clients: City of Rotterdam, City of Norfolk Date: December 2022 Location(s): Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Norfolk (the UK) Cities seeking opportunities to implement new shared mobility initiatives are often reluctant to invest the necessary resources into doing so without carrying out a thorough and robust research and analysis programme beforehand. Using the Bax-designed MODE framework, we […]

Co-designing shared mobility to be accessible for everyone

Clients: Mpact, Amsterdam, Brest Metropole, Capital Region Denmark, Saint-Quentin, POLIS, Rupprecht Consult, Ghent University, Vervorregio Amsterdam, De Fietsambassade Date: 2022- 2026 Location(s): Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and France Working with 12 partners from the public and private sectors, our Mobility and Sharing teams are supporting one of Europe’s first initiatives bringing together cities, mobility providers […]