The document summarizes the CyclePhilly project, which developed a smartphone app and website to track bicycle trips in the Philadelphia region. The app collects GPS data to better understand cycling routes and movements. Since May 2014, it has recorded over 12,000 trips made by around 300 riders. The data is being shared with city partners to inform bike infrastructure planning and studies.

1. Corey Acri
Lloyd Emelle
Kathryn Killebrew
MAB 2014

3. The Issue

4. • Issue
– Philadelphia is a great place to bike
but routes seemed inefficient
• Existing Research Methods
Limited
– Traffic count data
– Surveys
– Census Data

5. Solution

6. A better way to determine
how cyclists are moving
through
the Philadelphia region

7. GPS

9. Smartphone App
Website
Database

10. Trips
[live site]

11. Partnerships

13. Results Since May 2014

14. • Nearly 12,456 Trips Recorded*
• Approximately 300 Riders*
• Partnering with DVRPC to clean and
organize the data for:
– Philly Bike share
– City of Philadelphia Streets
Planning
– Various bike habit and
infrastructure studies
*Raw numbers only, final numbers may vary after all
raw data cleaned and processed by DVRPC

20. CyclePhilly Team
Corey Acri - Attorney turned designer.
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Lloyd Emelle - Prolific builder of things.
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Kathryn Killebrew - Turns data into vivid digital landscapes.
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Contact Us: support@CyclePhilly.org

21. More Resources
• DVRPC
• CyclePhilly.org
• CodeforAmerica.org
• CodeforPhilly.org
• Designing CyclePhilly
• CyclePhilly: How an App, A Tap and an App Might Change
Philadelphia for the Better
• CyclePhilly app giving transportation planners a handle
on region’s bikers