Example project

Idea

-Obstructions in bike lanes can cause cyclists to take new paths or paths which may be less safe than they want. -Bikeability indexes consider a variety of attributes that make some cities more ‘bikable’ than others. Among those variables are topography, length of infrastructure, and grade separation. One missing variable is the obstruction of existing infrastructure, which can be a big determinant of cyclists. -We hope to build on existing methods by adding additional data about obstructions and determine how that can change the routing and ‘bikeability’ of routes in cities.

Questions

-Should obstructions be added to bikeability indexes, and what is the viability of doing so? -What important roads currently have no bike lanes? -Which important bike lanes are prone to being obstructed?

Data

-Bikelane Obstructions Cambridge Data Portal: Bike Lane Obstruction Heat Map

• Obtain routes from OSM and compare/fuse them to official sources for bikelanes/streetnetwork. Official Bike Facilities Map

• Bike-sharing trips

• DEM

Method/Implementation

Bikeability

Build on existing bikeability indexes by integrating obstruction data:

• MDPI: Sustainability Bikeability Analysis

• HeiGIT: Bikeability Analysis

• ScienceDirect: Quantifying Bikeability

Centrality

Use a many to many routing to find important bikelanes and roads

with and without inclusion of bikelane ibstructions

FOSSGIS tools

• ORS

• Geopandas