CycleStreets, you may not be aware, was based on a Cambridge-only cycle journey planner that we created as members of Cambridge Cycling Campaign. The Cambridge Cycling Campaign journey planner went live in the early hours of 27 June 2006, some five years ago today. Back then it based its routes on a network which […]
CycleStreets for Android now available
CycleStreets, providing cycle routing for the UK, is now available on Android – thanks to our new app. Download it from the Android Market now – for free! Our OpenStreetMap-based routing, for cyclists by cyclists, is now available on the move, complete with full placefinder, tap-to-set and with turn-by-turn directions. Brought to you by CycleStreets, the […]
London Transport Museum to highlight Bike Hub app
The Bike Hub levy -funded smartphone app, which uses CycleStreets routing, will be highlighted in Sense and the City, an exhibition about being "connected & on the move". A new exhibition at London Transport Museum will explore how people in the past imagined the London of the future and how new technology will influence city […]
Journey planner for London Cycling Campaign’s new website
We've created a new customised journey planner for London Cycling Campaign. LCC are the leading cycling advocacy group in London. Their work over many years has really helped keep up the pressure to improve cycling conditions in London – so you should certainly join LCC! (LCC is in fact the first NGO that Martin joined.) Most […]
London Cycle Hire website updated
We've added a few new features to our www.LondonCycleHire.org website, a version of the journey planner that includes the Barclays Cycle Hire ('Boris-bike') points. We've added live availability data, thanks to TfL's new data feed – thanks TfL for making this data open! (Disclaimer: as a third-party site, it is not endorsed by TfL). We've […]
Hiring soon – to work on routing engine challenges
CycleStreets will shortly be hiring a full-time core developer to work on our routing engine and website. The aim is to enable us to implement improvements to the routing and implement lots of feature requests a lot more quickly. This is possible thanks to a series of contracts and grants we've recently obtained, some of which […]
CycleStreets campaigner toolkit bid wins GeoVation contest!
We’re pleased to announce that our bid, for a comprehensive online campaigning toolkit to assist cycle campaign groups around the UK, is a winner in the GeoVation contest! It brings £27,000 for the development of a toolkit which, in the words of one supporter, should be “a hugely important step forward for all cycle campaigning groups”. Our […]
Circular leisure routes – coming soon to the Bike Hub app
We're pleased to announce that we're working with Bike Hub to create a new circular (A-A) leisure routing mode for the Bike Hub app for iPhone and Android. Bike Hub is a joint initiative of the Bicycle Association and the Association of Cycle Traders via the Bike Hub levy scheme. The objective of Bike Hub […]
Improving cycle journey planning in Scotland – with Cycling Scotland
We're pleased to announce that we are working with Cycling Scotland to enhance cycle journey planning in Scotland! Cycling Scotland, the organisation charged with getting more Scots on their bikes, runs a range of initiatives such as Bikeability Scotland, the freshnlo Pedal for Scotland bike ride, cycle instructor training and more. They are keen to […]
More support for our GeoVation bid coming in
As we prepare to face the judges at the Dragon's Den -style contest for GeoVation on May 4th, we're encouraged that more support is continuing to come in. CPRE (The Campaign to Protect Rural England) work actively on transport matters amongst other issues around the UK. They have added their support: "The Campaign to Protect Rural […]