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Br yan Blanc
Dr. Miguel F ig l iozz i
Tr a n sp o r t a t ion , Tec h n o log y, a n d Peo p le L a b
Po r t la n d S t a te Un ive r s i t y -
Dep a r t m en t o f C i v i l a n d E nv i ro n m en t a l E n g in eer in g
UTILIZING SMARTPHONE
DATA TO IMPROVE BICYCLE
LEVEL OF SERVICE
ESTIMATION
1
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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Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS)
Network BLOS
Level of Traffic Stress
Bikeability
Bicycle Friendliness
BICYCLE FACILITY + ENVIRONMENT
EVALUATION
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BICYCLE FACILITY + ENVIRONMENT
EVALUATION
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Term→
Feature/Scope ↓
BLOS Network
BLOS
Level of
Stress
Bikeability Bicycle
Friendliness
Segment/Intersection
Network PMs
User Group
Accessibility
Community &
Government
Unique feature underlined
SMARTPHONE APPS
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Infrastructure Crowdsourcing Apps
Transportation Planning Apps and Recreational Apps
BICYCLE PLANNING APPS
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CycleTracks
(San Francisco, CA)
Cycle Atlanta
(Atlanta, GA)
Mon RésoVélo
(Montréal, QC)
Ride TrackingIssue/Amenity
reporting
GHG, calories, reporting
User interface improvements
INFRASTRUCTURE CROWDSOURCING
APPS
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Citizens Connect
(Boston, MA)PDX Reporter
(Portland, OR)
iBikeEugene
(Eugene, OR)
Infrastructure Reporting Open Source Bicycle Specific
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
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
DATA SOURCES
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State MPO City University
• Oregon
Department of
Transportation
(ODOT)
• Oregon
Household
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
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
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
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
ORcycle
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iOS Android
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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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)
BLOS + LTS CALIBRATION
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High LTS Map of Bike Routes in San Francisco, CAhttp://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stress.jpg
Fine-tuning the apps
Public release and promotion
Improving public website with mapping capabilities
Analyzing data
NEXT STEPS
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Reaching users
Sample biases
User burden
Future app improvements
Long term data management
CHALLENGES
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Robin Murray and Bikram Maharjan – ORcycle Team
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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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 [email protected].
THANK YOU
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ORcycle
