Today, we’re very pleased to announce the beta mobile web version of CycleStreets – written by me, project-managed by Martin, and funded by Cycling Scotland. http://m.cyclestreets.net/ Built in jQuery Mobile and HTML5, this extends CycleStreets’ mobile support beyond our well-received Android and iPhone apps to cover other platforms, including iPad and BlackBerry. Just like the […]
We've added a mini-feature to our website and mobile apps that some regular train-using cyclists may find useful. You can now enter train station codes (e.g. KGX for King's Cross) in the search box, and the location of that station will be found. It just avoids lots more typing, and is useful if you use particular stations […]
A new release of our iPhone app is now out. Go to the app store updates page and update today, or download the app if you don't already have it (it's free!). Version 1.5.1 fixes various reported bugs (including the 'freezing map' bug that affected some installations). So what's new? Firstly, we've made various improvements to […]
We're pleased to publish an updated specification for the campaigner toolkit, following consultation with groups and including further changes. There's been lots of useful feedback submitted by e-mail, twitter, blog replies, and in meetings we've had. These comments were turned into about ten pages of bullet-points (165 points!) for working into the spec. Many of […]
Since we won £27,000 for the development of our campaigning toolkit we've been pondering what to call it. The themes we want to capture in the name are: The idea of a central place where cycle users around the UK can submit problems they encounter on the street network A central place to facilitate campaigning […]
This is a technical post – you can stop reading now if you're not into web development! We've been continuing to develop the spec that we recently published for the toolkit. Several options for development have emerged. We outline these in our Technical Options Report. We'd welcome any comments. CycleStreets has secured £27,000 of funding as […]
Jez Higgins is the lead developer of our Android app. Here he writes about getting involved in the project. Until Christmas last year, I'd never even thought of writing software for an Android phone. Yet within a month of googling "Android development quick start" I was committing code to the CycleStreets Android app. This indicates two […]
CycleStreets makes heavy use, as many people will know, of OpenStreetMap data as the basis of our street/path network for route planning. For us, the ability of the community of cyclists and others to contribute to this data is an important part of the effectiveness of CycleStreets. But, lesser-known, is that we also make use of several OS […]
We’re pleased to publish an updated specification for the campaigner toolkit, following consultation with groups. There’s been lots of useful feedback submitted by e-mail, twitter, blog replies, and in meetings we’ve had. These comments were turned into about 5 pages of bullet-points for working into the spec. Many of the points raised were useful points […]
We're aiming with CycleStreets to provide the highest possible quality cycle routing, to give people trust in routes they plan. We've heard from many users how our routing is helping them give the confidence to use a bike for their journeys, and from people who've discovered cut-throughs and safer, easier routes for their existing journeys. […]