Re:Where do stolen bikes go?
by shkkmo on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:23PM
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This is contradicted by the article's findings that a substantial fraction (22/80) of bike thefts in Amsterdam flow through an organized system
> The scholars found that still another 22 of the bikes made such sufficiently similar movements that they seemed to be part of the same “subnetwork” of bikes.
> This research makes it clear that part of bicycle theft is organized.
Beyond learning specific things about the flow of stolen bikes in Amsterdam, the research is part of a broader body of work by Senseable City Lab that uses these trackers to try to understand the flow of physical goods through complicated/emergent systems.
> The scholars found that still another 22 of the bikes made such sufficiently similar movements that they seemed to be part of the same “subnetwork” of bikes.
> This research makes it clear that part of bicycle theft is organized.
Beyond learning specific things about the flow of stolen bikes in Amsterdam, the research is part of a broader body of work by Senseable City Lab that uses these trackers to try to understand the flow of physical goods through complicated/emergent systems.