We've added a few new features to our www.LondonCycleHire.org website, a version of the journey planner that includes the Barclays Cycle Hire ('Boris-bike') points. We've added live availability data, thanks to TfL's new data feed – thanks TfL for making this data open! (Disclaimer: as a third-party site, it is not endorsed by TfL). We've […]
CycleStreets will shortly be hiring a full-time core developer to work on our routing engine and website. The aim is to enable us to implement improvements to the routing and implement lots of feature requests a lot more quickly. This is possible thanks to a series of contracts and grants we've recently obtained, some of which […]
We’re pleased to announce that our bid, for a comprehensive online campaigning toolkit to assist cycle campaign groups around the UK, is a winner in the GeoVation contest! It brings £27,000 for the development of a toolkit which, in the words of one supporter, should be “a hugely important step forward for all cycle campaigning groups”. Our […]
We're pleased to announce that we're working with Bike Hub to create a new circular (A-A) leisure routing mode for the Bike Hub app for iPhone and Android. Bike Hub is a joint initiative of the Bicycle Association and the Association of Cycle Traders via the Bike Hub levy scheme. The objective of Bike Hub […]
We're pleased to announce that we are working with Cycling Scotland to enhance cycle journey planning in Scotland! Cycling Scotland, the organisation charged with getting more Scots on their bikes, runs a range of initiatives such as Bikeability Scotland, the freshnlo Pedal for Scotland bike ride, cycle instructor training and more. They are keen to […]
As we prepare to face the judges at the Dragon's Den -style contest for GeoVation on May 4th, we're encouraged that more support is continuing to come in. CPRE (The Campaign to Protect Rural England) work actively on transport matters amongst other issues around the UK. They have added their support: "The Campaign to Protect Rural […]
A Cambridge-based project to improve cycling around the Britain has reached the finals of a national funding contest, GeoVation, run by the Ordnance Survey. GeoVation aims to combine Geography and Innovation to help fund ideas which will help improve transport of various kinds. The bid by Cambridge-based CycleStreets, who run the UK-wide cycle journey planner […]
A techy post reporting on some work in progress, and seeking suggestions! … A while back we introduced various new URL formats like: http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/to/SW1A+2AA/ which would allow someone at that postcode to put a link 'cycle here' on their website. This is designed so that the user needing to plan a journey would just follow […]
Over the last year and half, the DfT has been collecting cycling data for use in its TransportDirect portal. We received today a letter from Norman Baker MP confirming that it is the DfT's intention to open this dataset, in line with the new government's principles on transparency. We think this is an excellent development. It […]
Organisations can already create a simple 'cycle to us' link. However, some larger organisations may like to have a planner embedded in their site directly. So we've published a new page detailing how Local Authorities and cycling promotion bodies can add a CycleStreets route planner to their site. CycleStreets can be added: As a subdomain […]