Real-time Map Helps Bergen Deliver a World-Class Cycling Race

Collaboration Around UCI World Championships Leads to a Safer Community

Key takeaways

Coordinating city services around a real-time map allows for new levels of collaboration and shared situational awareness.

A shared map view allows diverse agencies to act as one when an incident occurs.

Successful event management leads the city to add real-time mapping capacity for the long term.

In September 2017, more than 500,000 spectators descended on Bergen, Norway, to experience one of cycling’s greatest annual events, the Union Cycliste International (UCI) Road World Championships. This nine-day event marks the final leg of the coveted Triple Crown of Cycling, alongside the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. Elite cyclists compete in 12 races from 3 disciplines: Individual Time Trial, Road Race, and Teamhigh for the city as 300 million television viewers tuned in to watch the event live. All eyes focused on Bergen.

With the city in an international spotlight, public safety provided the overriding priority. The complexity of the event required greater cooperation than ever before for Bergen city departments, and highlighted the need to share common information in real time on a digital map. This shared real-time map proved instrumental in connecting city workers from all departments for the event and has helped Bergen become a smarter—and safer—city as a result.

The city assembled representatives from 31 departments in the Joint Cooperation Centre.

Joint Cooperation

The City of Bergen has dozens of agencies charged with providing safety and security for the community. They all wanted to monitor the races and their own