Using smartphones for cycle planning

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There has been an inherent lack of information available to transport and urban planners when looking at cycle networks in our towns and cities. A mobile app is set to turn cycle planning on its head. Imagine the power of having access to GPS records of thousands cycle trips in and around your city. Data showing cycle route choice, travel patterns, delay points, speed and travel time covering much of the New Zealand network. Strava is a GPS application which logs individualrs cycle trips. It was created in 2009 and has experienced rapid growth with some 77 million cycle trips logged to date. Until recently, the use of Strava data for planning purposes has been minimal. In May 2014 the Oregon Department of Transportation bought a data set from the developers in a revolutionary move to help make decisions about their policies, plans, and projects in the area. In June 2014, Auckland Transport purchased a yearrs worth of data for the Auckland region. This presentation looks at a real world

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