CycleStreets.net
UK-wide bicycle
journey planner & photomap
For Cyclists, By Cyclists Martin Lucas-Smith
www.CycleStreets.net

CycleStreets
System of two parts:
Cycle journey planner Photomap
Online facility Campaigning tool

CycleStreets: history
 Originally Gmap, Cambridge-only system
 OSM was obvious data source for UK-wide
system
 CycleStreets: public beta in March 2009

CycleStreets: UK-wide

Journey Planner

Namefinder used for locations

Gives Fastest + Quietest +
Shortest

Route feedback goes to OSM
contacts

KML and GPX export

Routing documented

Photomap: cycling photos on
map

Upload photo / video / Flickr
import

Photomap: add categorisation
data

Photomap: add categorisation
data

Listings e.g. “All cycle parking
problems in Cambridge”

Other features: RSS feed, Galleries,
More photos near here, My journeys,
Info about this area page, XML plan,
etc.

Features about to appear
 Photos within route listings
 Gives a good idea of journey before riding
 Hills/contours
 Local Authority backend to prioritise
problems shown in photo and solve them
 Tools for getting feedback to OSM people
 CycleStreets helps highlight data problems

Financially
 We acknowledge it’s not an area that will
make anyone a huge amount of money
 Benefits mainly to individual users and
local authorities
 Initial seed funding was obtained
 Funding needed for new features,
especially mobile phone interface

Please try CycleStreets and give
feedback!
 Feedback in an area you know is very
useful to us
 Use of OSM data for real-life routing
means data errors will be found quicker
 So better for OSM ...
 and better for CycleStreets
 Community aspect very important to us
 Good links with cycling bodies
 All feedback welcome!

Martin Lucas-Smith,
www.CycleStreets.net
@cyclestreets
info@cyclestreets.net