cyclestreets - more than a router (state of the map 2013) #sotm13
DESCRIPTION
CycleStreets was one of the earliest UK users of OpenStreetMap, aiming to create an end- user product that solved the challenge of getting from A-B by bicycle in an unfamiliar area in this country. CycleStreets is now a range of products and projects, backed by key players in the cycling community. This 'ecosystem' of offerings includes white-labelled websites for councils and others, apps on five mobile platforms, an API used by third-party transport information providers, and a core website adding value to the underlying routing. Our focus has been on ensuring the routing really 'thinks like a cyclist'. We discuss our project at a time when OSM and cycle routing are becoming less niche.TRANSCRIPT
CycleStreets:CycleStreets:more than a routermore than a router
Cycle journey planning, for cyclists, by cyclists
What does CycleStreets do?
CycleStreets: who?
Simon NuttallRoutemaster
Martin Lucas-Smith
Webmaster
… and various people helping out in various ways!
Journey planner: features Plan route from A-B, in UK Route choices:
fastest/quietest/balanced
“why?”
simon, http://cycle.st/p3481
Why? “More people cycling, more safely,
more often” Challenges to getting more people
cycling Traffic, confidence, cultural issues
Routes – different to car routes! Poor infrastructure
Why we do it…
"I just wanted to tell you that your cycle planner page is absolutely brilliant! It helped me find a quick route from my house to my new job. Very much appreciated, well done.
history
martin, http://cycle.st/p33221
CycleStreets: history Cambridge Cycling Campaign journey
planner June 2006 5,000 lines drawn over Gmap sat 47,000 journeys planned 15,000 photos
CycleStreets: history Lots of requests for same thing
around the UK OpenStreetMap: free, no barriers UK-wide: March 2009 Busy since then
Struggling to keep up! Millions of cycle journeys Tens of millions multimodal journey
API calls
“standing on our own two feet”
kbrumann, http://cycle.st/p10560
Social enterprise
Not a business for sake of being a business
Ltd company, not-for-profit Charity not appropriate structure
Picture: umi3.co.uk
Funding
Generally low-cost operation Big projects and embedded journey
planners Turnover: 8k, 37k, 121k, 21k 1.5 years worth of salary (over 4
years)
Picture: utilityweek.co.uk
“going mobile”
bblake, http://cycle.st/p16715
iPhoneapp
Androidapp
BB10app
HTML5app
WindowsPhone 8app
Third-party
Third-party API
Barclays Bikes
Bike Hub industry satnav
Citymapper London/NY
ViewRanger
etc.
Bike Hub
Citymapper(bike routes)
BarclaysBikes
Local Authorities
timbo, http://cycle.st/p37664
White-label sites – Local Authorities
cyclestreets.net/services
West Sussex cycle planner
Cycling Scotland Website journey planner Community mapping brochure
PleaseCycle
Various others CTC Bike Week LCC Somerset County Council Bike Hub Cambridge Cycling Campaign Beactive (Royal Mail) Spogo … more
Transport Direct CJP
www.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindCycleInput.aspx
£2.4 million (from tax)
92,000 journeys planned(dated Jan 2011, total now = ??)
£26.09 per journey
£1m – budget for 2011
32 areas (professionally surveyed)
CycleStreetswww.cyclestreets.net
£28k
458,000 journeys planned(dated Jan 2011, reached 3.4m as of now)
6p per journey
£130k needed
UK-wide (but depends on OSM completeness)
Back in January 2011...
Was main feature on data.gov.uk for months!
UKGovNow much more positive relationshipRealise value through open dataTheir data going into OSM
Want to make CycleStreetsthe solution of choicefor Local Authorities
England Cycling Data project
Transportconsultancies- SDG
Transportconsultancies- SDG
Transport information providers- Traveline Cymru
Bike Hub leisure routing
Prahou na kole(Prague by bike)
Photomap-based sites
Photomap-based sites
POI-based stuff
UK Collision Map www.cyclestreets.net/collisions
Flexible platform Work done for ‘skinnable’ interfaces Re-use of components for other systems
Cyclescape: toolkit forcycle campaign groups
Cyclescape Subscription on basis of
geography http://blog.cyclescape.org/faq/
Cyclescape
Rails devs:help verywelcome!
“competition”
kbrumann, http://cycle.st/p14131
Competing against the big players
“How can you compete with Google?” Some great observations at
http://jessenoller.com/2010/10/14/how-can-you-compete-with-google/
?
Competition Google OpenStreetMap UKGov
Uniqueness CycleStreets is more than just a
routing engine Needs a product / identity /
ecosystem Detailed knowledge of how cyclists
behave Cycling community embeddedness Flexible platform
“challenges”
Warrington’s “Cycle Facility of the Month”, http://cycle.st/p11500
Challenges
Funding Codebase is large and ageing Moving from closed to open
project Modernising the interface Cyclescape Competition: cycle planning
less niche Going global!
Getting involved: open sourcing
Has taken us much longer than hoped
Keeping it running has been first priority!
Code from 2006-2013 Older code not designed with open
in mind
Getting involved: open sourcing
Very keen for greater involvement Mobile apps, deployment,
Cyclescape now open Main journey planner…
www.github.com/cyclestreets
