This is a presentation of the progress an ODOT project to develop a smartphone application to crowdsource data about bicyclists in Oregon

1. Bryan Blanc
Dr. Miguel Figliozzi
Transportation, Technology, and People Lab
Portland State University -
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UTILIZING SMARTPHONE DATA TO IMPROVE BICYCLE LEVEL OF SERVICE ESTIMATION
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2. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) research project
Project Objectives
Review:
Bicycle facility and environment evaluation methodologies
Smartphone apps related to bicycling
Data availability related to bicycle routes/infrastructure
Develop smartphone app
Analyze data
ABOUT
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3. Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS)
Network BLOS
Level of Traffic Stress
Bikeability
Bicycle Friendliness
BICYCLE FACILITY + ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION
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4. BICYCLE FACILITY + ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION
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Term→
Feature/Scope ↓
BLOS
Network BLOS
Level of Stress
Bikeability
Bicycle Friendliness
Segment/Intersection
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Network PMs
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User Group
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Accessibility
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Community & Government
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Unique feature underlined

5. SMARTPHONE APPS
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Infrastructure Crowdsourcing Apps
Transportation Planning Apps and Recreational Apps

6. BICYCLE PLANNING APPS
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CycleTracks
(San Francisco, CA)
Cycle Atlanta
(Atlanta, GA)
Mon RésoVélo
(Montréal, QC)
Ride Tracking
Issue/Amenity reporting
GHG, calories, reporting
User interface improvements

7. INFRASTRUCTURE CROWDSOURCING APPS
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Citizens Connect
(Boston, MA)
PDX Reporter
(Portland, OR)
iBikeEugene
(Eugene, OR)
Infrastructure Reporting
Open Source
Bicycle Specific

8. RECREATIONAL APPS
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Recreational applications track bicycle rides, but are skewed towards recreational users
Data asked
Information provided
Use of incentives
Sample bias
Strava

9. BICYCLE DATA AVAILABILITY
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Bicycle route, infrastructure, and count data inventory in Oregon
Emphasis on geocoded data (ready for analysis with GIS software)
Agency Levels:
State
MPO
City
University

10. DATA SOURCES
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State
MPO
City
University
•OregonDepartment of Transportation (ODOT)
•OregonHousehold Activity Survey (OHAS)
•Metro (Portland)
•Mid-Willamette Valley COG (Salem-Keiser)
•Corvallis Area MPO
•Central Lane MPO(Eugene-Springfield)
•Bend MPO
•Rogue Valley MPO (Ashland-Medford)
•Portland
•Salem
•Corvallis
•Eugene
•Bend
•Ashland
•Medford
•Portland State University (Portland)
•Oregon State University (Corvallis)
•University of Oregon (Eugene)
Other Geographic Data Sources:
•Google Maps
•Open Street Maps

11. DATA GAPS
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Wealth of data that is not geocoded (maps, reports, traffic counts, etc.)
Low coverage and resolution of bicycle counts
Lack of consistency (data fields and definitions) even for GIS maps
Challenges:
How to standardize data collection and definitions?
Data gaps

12. APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
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Android and iOS platforms
Built off of open source code bases –Cycle Atlanta for Android and RenoTracks for iOS
Data server, internal website, and public website

13. ADDED FEATURES:
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Updated and re-branded user interface
Added many survey questions
User group questions
Post-trip questions
Location specific safety questions
Additional notification features to optimize information received from user

14. ORcycle
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iOS
Android

15. Improve bicycle facility evaluation and prioritization procedures
Understand differential preferences of rural and urban cyclists in Oregon
Increase bicycle infrastructure data coverage and resolution
What might this look like?
APPLYING THE DATA
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16. VISUALIZING ROUTE PREFERENCES
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Screenshot of Strava Heat Map in Portland, OR Area (http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#11/-122.70862/45.49892/blue/bike)

17. BLOS + LTS CALIBRATION
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High LTS Map of Bike Routes in San Francisco, CA
http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stress.jpg

18. Fine-tuning the apps
Public release and promotion
Improving public website with mapping capabilities
Analyzing data
NEXT STEPS
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19. Reaching users
Sample biases
User burden
Future app improvements
Long term data management
CHALLENGES
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20. Robin Murray and BikramMaharjan–ORcycleTeam
Dr. Miguel Figliozzi–Principal Investigator + My Adviser
Members of the Technical Advisory Committee –Project Direction
PSU Transportation Graduate Students –Beta Testing
Oregon Department of Transportation –Project Funding
FHWA Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship – Additional Funding
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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21. Please test our application –Beta version now available on the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store
More info here: http://www.pdx.edu/transportation-lab/orcycle
Questions? Contact bblanc@pdx.edu.
THANK YOU
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ORcycle