We’ve obtained a £5,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board’s Innovation Vouchers scheme, to work on some interesting routing challenges to help increase the quality of the routing we can offer. Our core aim with CycleStreets is to create “routing that thinks like a cyclist”. One of these aspects is the way that cyclists treat […]
CycleStreets cycle routing app now on Blackberry 10
CycleStreets cycle routing app is now available for Blackberry 10. It’s free! We’d welcome any feedback from users of different devices. See more screenshots on our mobile pages, or download it free now. Route result Route result Replan route Namefinder London Cycle Hire points Points of interest
Help us attend Velo City 2013 – vote for CycleStreets!
Your hard-working CycleStreets creators are keen to attend Velo-city 2013, a key annual international cycling advocacy conference. This year, Velo-city are running “Cycling Visionaries Awards” which showcase cycling promotion projects from around the world, which people can vote for. We have entered this. The highest-voted 30 projects will win attendance at the conference. Please take […]
Steer Davies Gleave integrates CycleStreets routing for Local Authority websites
Craig Nelson, from Steer Davies Gleave, writes in this guest post about their experiences of integrating the CycleStreets data interface (API) into cycling promotion websites recently created for Local Authorities: In 2006 Steer Davies Gleave developed the UK’s first multi-modal journey planner for Brighton and Hove Council, as part of the Journey On project. Whilst it was […]
‘White label’ cycle journey planners for Local Authorities and others
We can create ‘white label’ sites which blend our journey planner seamlessly into your website, for a small fee. We’ve created such sites for a range of organisations as our new webpage about this service outlines. These sites are a great way to promote cycling in a Local Authority area or for a business. (They […]
London Travel live app adds CycleStreets cycle routing
This is a guest post from the creators of the London Travel live app, who have integrated our routing into the app. London Travel live started as a one man’s quest for travelling around London. The concept materialised more out of frustration whilst standing out on a cold winter’s night waiting for the public transport to arrive. […]
Traveline Cymru adds cycle routing from CycleStreets
This is a guest post from Traveline Cymru who have just integrated our cycle routing data interface (API) into their multi-modal travel service. Traveline Cymru has launched the latest addition to the journey planning service on its website, with the introduction of the option to plan a cycle route. The routing is provided by CycleStreets. Now when […]
PleaseCycle integrates cycle journey planner
This is a guest post from PleaseCycle, who include a journey planner run by CycleStreets in their product. PleaseCycle is an online system allowing councils or employers to encourage and reward resident or employee cycling through an innovative leaderboard system and redemption of ‘points’ earned, whilst being able to report on the carbon saved as […]
Prahou na kole (Prague by bike) introduces CycleStreets integration
Prahou na kole (Prague by bike), a Czech webzine and bicycle advocacy portal introduces CycleStreets integration. What started 7 years ago as one-man’s attempt to show that utility cycling in Prague was indeed feasible by making an unofficial cycle map has grown into one of the best information sources on urban cycling in the country. […]
“CycleStreets: our story” – Green Enterprise talk, Monday 28th, Cambridge
We’re giving a talk to Green Enterprise, in Cambridge, today (Monday 28th January 2013). Themes covered in the talk will include: Who we are What we provide A bit about how the journey planner works OpenStreetMap and data collection Volunteer data collection Open-sourcing Funding Competition Big projects Challenges for the future Do come! Full details […]