CycleStreets

CycleStreets is a development of the Cambridge Cycle Campaign Journey Planner, which was launched in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/about/| title=About| publisher=CycleStreets| access-date=2010-03-28}} CycleStreets itself was launched on 20 March 2009;{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/03/20/welcome/|title=Welcome to CycleStreets!|date=2009-03-20|publisher=CycleStreets|access-date=2010-03-28}} which was by co-incidence the same day that it was announced that the Transport Direct Portal was about to introduce cycle routing for a small number of trial locations including Manchester.{{cite web|url=http://road.cc/content/news/3081-manchester-cyclists-first-benefit-pioneering-online-route-planner?quicktabs_1=0|title=Manchester cyclists first to benefit from pioneering online route planner|date=2009-03-20|access-date=2010-03-28}} In June 2009, a feature to plan circular routes was added{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/07/13/planning-a-circular-route/|title=Planning a circular route|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2009-07-13|access-date=2010-03-28}} and the project was featured in The Guardian newspaper.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2009/jun/10/london-transport|title=Tube strike chaos? Get on your bike — with CycleStreets|work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Peter | last=Robins | date=2009-06-10}} In August 2009 functionality was added to export routes for use in GPS device{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/08/14/exporting-cycle-routes-to-gps/|title=Exporting cycle routes to GPS|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2009-08-14|access-date=2010-03-28}} and the ability to route via ferry services{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/08/05/ferry-crossings-and-more/|title=Ferry Crossings and more|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2009-08-05|access-date=2010-03-28}} and then in October 2009 the project released elevation profiles{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/10/08/elevation-profiles/|title=Elevation Profiles in CycleStreets|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2009-10-08|access-date=2010-03-28}} and 'Balanced routes'.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/10/08/balanced-routes/|title=Balanced routes|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2009-10-08|access-date=2010-03-28}}

In December 2009, CycleStreets was 'Highly Commended' in the ACT Travelwise annual awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/12/02/act-travelwise-award/|title=CycleStreets 'Highly Commended' at the ACT Travelwise Awards 2009|date=2 December 2009 |access-date=2010-03-28}}

In February 2010, the ability to share short video clips was added{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/02/02/photomap-shares-video/|title=Photomap shares video| publisher=CycleStreets| date=2010-02-02|access-date=2010-03-28}} and then in March 2010 CycleStreets added Google Streetview images to the route description pages{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/01/17/street-view-in-itineraries/|title=View from the Street – in itinerary listings|date=2010-01-17|access-date=2010-03-28}} and a post code look-up function.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/03/14/postcode-searching-added/|title=Postcode searching added|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2010-03-14|access-date=2010-03-28}} They reported their 100,000th journey plan itinerary the same month.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/01/16/100000-cycle-journeys-planned-on-cyclestreets/|title=100,000 cycle journeys planned on CycleStreets|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2010-01-16|access-date=2010-03-28}}

In 2007, during the development of CycleStreets, Simon Nuttall and Martin Lucas-Smith advised Transport Direct on the CycleNetXChange data exchange standard for cycle route data which was later used in the Transport Direct Portal cycle journey planner.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/11157/|title=A meeting of the Department for Transport's Mapping Working Party, which map developers Simon and Martin attended|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2007-07-03|access-date=2010-03-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclenetxchange/schema/0.3a/CycleNetXChange.xsd|title=schema targetNamespace="http://www.cyclenetxchange.org.uk/cnm"|publisher=Department for Transport|access-date=2010-03-28}}

In July 2009, CycleStreets was presented at the OpenStreetMap annual 'State of the Map' Conference{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/cyclestreets/cyclestreets-quickfire-presentation-to-osm-state-of-the-map|title=CycleStreets quickfire presentation to OSM State of the Map 2009|publisher=Slideshare|date=2009-07-10|access-date=2010-03-28}} In September 2009, Martin Lucas Smith of CycleStreets presented the project at the School of Cartography Summer School.{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/cyclestreets/cyclestreets-presentation-to-society-of-cartographers|title=CycleStreets presentation to Society of Cartographers|date=10 September 2009 |publisher=SlideShare|access-date=2010-03-28}}

The project held its first 'Developer Day' in March 2010, where technical issues relating to the project were discussed{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/03/10/lessons-from-the-developer-day/|title=Lessons from the Developer Day|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2010-03-10|access-date=2010-03-28}} and there was a session on cycle routing at WhereCampEU.{{cite web|url=http://www.socialtext.net/wherecamp/index.cgi?wherecamp_eu_session_cyclestreets_cycle_routing|title=WhereCamp.EU session - CycleStreets cycle routing|work=WhereCampEU|access-date=2010-03-28}}

CycleStreets is a not-for-profit project and has been largely self-funded. It has received grants from the following organisations (in chronological order):

• Cycling Scotland (£5,000): To develop a version of the site for Edinburgh,{{cite web|url=http://changingpace.info/2009/07/15/now-it-can-be-revealed|title=Now It Can Be Revealed|work=Changing pace|date=2009-07-15|access-date=2010-04-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708164456/http://changingpace.info/2009/07/15/now-it-can-be-revealed|archive-date=2012-07-08}} which Cycling Scotland are now promoting as a Scotland-wide system{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingscotland.org/|title=Cycling Scotland (homepage)}}
• Cambridge City Council — Cambridge Sustainable City project (£3,200) in February 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/02/21/sustainable-city-grant/|title=Funding grant from Cambridge Sustainable City|date=21 February 2010|publisher=CycleStreets|access-date=2010-03-28}}
• Co-op Community Fund (£1,000) in March 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/03/25/coop-community-fund-grant/|title=Award of grant from the Co-op Community Fund|publisher=CycleStreets|date=2010-03-25|access-date=2010-03-28}}

The project has also benefited from a number of donations in kind, including geographic information donated in OpenStreetMap.

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• [https://www.cyclestreets.net/ CycleStreets website]
• {{Google Play|net.cyclestreets}}

Category:Cycling in the United Kingdom

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