Hub networks designed on data, defended by it.

The problem

Hub networks are built as networks. They can't be scouted one site at a time.

Data we connect

The sources behind every score.

Hub network design draws on demographic, transit, and political-geography layers in roughly equal measure — the data mix is closer to urban planning than infrastructure rollout.

See the full enrichment list for cadence and coverage.

• BAG

  Buildings, residences, frontage per candidate parcel.

• CBS demographics

  Resident density, age, household type, modal split.

• NS/ProRail station data

  Public transit proximity and integration scoring.

• Municipal open data

  Parking pressure, mobility plans, redevelopment zones.

• OpenStreetMap

  Road network, cycle infrastructure, POI density.

• Parking pressure datasets

  Per-block parking utilization where published.

How we start

How we start.

A typical engagement opens with one city or one district — a scenario evaluation across two or three candidate network sizes — so you can see how the methodology handles the political reality of hub siting before scaling it across a region.

1. 01Week 1: scenario definitions + scoring prompt
2. 02Week 2: scoring run + scenario comparison
3. 03Week 3: consultation-ready dossier per hub

FAQ

Shared mobility: common questions.

• What is Locata for shared mobility hubs?

  Locata is a network-design platform for shared mobility hubs. It scores candidate locations against resident density, modal split, public transit proximity, parking pressure, and redevelopment context — and evaluates coverage scenarios across network sizes so council can see the tradeoff, not just the recommendation.

• Who uses Locata for hub networks?

  Municipalities designing city-scale hub networks, planning consultancies delivering hub-network projects to gemeente clients, and shared mobility operators planning regional rollouts. The workflow is the same; the customer determines the political weight applied during scoring.

• What's the difference between site-level scoring and coverage scenarios?

  Site-level scoring ranks individual candidate hubs against the network objective. Coverage scenarios evaluate the network as a whole — what does a 20-hub network cover versus a 35-hub network, in walking-distance terms and modal-split impact. Both run through the same scoring backbone.

• What data does Locata use for hub planning?

  BAG (residences and frontage), CBS demographics (density, age, modal split), NS/ProRail station data (public transit proximity), municipal open data (parking pressure, mobility plans, redevelopment zones), OpenStreetMap (road and cycle network, POI density), and parking pressure datasets where published.

• Are Locata reports defensible in public consultation?

  Yes. Per-hub reasoning is formatted for inclusion in public consultations and council documents. Every score traces back to its inputs, the methodology is auditable, and we surface public-opposition risk in the screening round so it informs the network design, not the consultation phase.

• What does Locata cost for mobility hub work?

  Pilots from €15,000 fixed-scope for a single-city or single-district scenario evaluation. Ongoing subscriptions from €2,500/month for consultancies running multiple client engagements concurrently.