An Internet Journey Planner for Cyclists Tom Burslem CycleCity Guides
Mar 28, 2015
An Internet Journey Plannerfor Cyclists
Tom Burslem
CycleCity Guides
Introduction
• CycleCity Guides• Transport Direct• Existing Internet Journey Planners• Methodology and data capture
techniques used• Other uses for the data we are
collecting• Any questions?
CycleCity Guides
• Surveying
• Cartography
• Graphic Design
• Clients include local authorities, Sustrans, and local cycling campaigns
The project
• Transport Direct
• Cycling England
• Local authorities
• Initial areas - Greater Manchester & Merseyside
• Cycling Demonstration Towns & Sustainable Towns
Transport Direct
Existing Journey Planners
• Cambridge
• London
• Brighton
• Cambridge and London involved in drawing up specification for Transport Direct
Cambridge Cycling Campaign
Camcycle quiet
Transport for London
Brighton
The User
• Diverse
• Fastest, quietest or shortest
• Fastest route = cyclists who don’t mind travel on main roads
• Quietest route = cyclists who want to prioritise the use of quieter roads and cyclepaths
The Network - infrastructure
Advisory routes
Data
• Integrated Transport Network
• OS path data
ITN
ITN modified
OS paths
Field software
• GBM Mobile
• Based on Mapinfo MapX technology
• Used with the ASUS A696 PocketPC
• Internal GPS
GBM
On-road to off-road connects
Other line data
Point data
Post survey
• Uncertain rights of way
• Checks on consistency of network
• Snapping of on-road to off-road
• Approval by council cycling officer
• Delivery to routing engine as XML code
Other uses for the data
• Council audits
Other uses for the data
• Council audits– Signing survey– Extra parking requirements– Vandalism
• Future planning
2002
2007
Other uses for the data
• Council audits– Signing survey– Extra parking requirements– Vandalism
• Future planning
• Maps for handheld devices
Other uses for the data
• Council audits– Signing survey– Extra parking requirements– Vandalism
• Future planning• Maps for handheld devices• Paper maps• A sat nav for cyclists?
Conclusion
• Existing journey planners tell us who the potential user group will be
• Data collection in the field
• Post survey procedure
• Other uses for the data