OpenStreetMap has
developed procedures to collect GPS tracks from devices and transfer
them into a database. They have a fair number of cycling enthusiasts so
the trick would be to collect these GPS tracks and aggregate them.
The nice thing is you don't need a smartphone to do this, other devices
can be used.
Bike counters look interesting. Based on my knowledge of Arduino I'd
say there maybe a cheaper way to build these perhaps using a Rasberry
Pi. The critial bit is the Differential Air Pressure Sensor. Talk
nicely to a group of students and supply them the raw materials. You
don't need a display, or a beeper, cost is important because unless you
can secure them very well they may walk.
Cheerio John
I have tried very hard to find alternatives to this
dataset but without hosting our own bike counters which are cheap but
require much labour (
http://tomorrow-lab.com/lab16)
and without city investment into costly EcoCounters (
http://www.eco-compteur.com/en/)
we don't have much in terms of other options.
That
being said, there is an option that I would have liked to bring to the
attention of author Teresa Scassa but cannot because comments are not
open. Both Toronto and Montreal have their own cycling apps to capture
bike data for their cycling planning. Both are built using BrystCycle
http://www.brisksynergies.com/en/briskcycle/
which is a platform that is too costly for our non-profit to pay for.
If
there are other sources of cycling data that this community is aware
of, please let me know.
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