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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi John,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Ottawa cycling
group is working on a "Level of Traffic Stress" map which is
different than this. This is because, my understanding, is that
the City of Ottawa (for better or worse) uses LTS as their
official way of measuring how they're doing on cycling
infrastructure. If you want the city to make changes, you need
to talk their language.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">However, I think ultimately,
"bikeability" is where the Ottawa team wants to get to. I've
heard it mentioned that the existing work is meant to identify
important gaps in the cycling network.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Too bad we couldn't collaborate
better across the country on cycling activities. Is there a
national organization focused on cycling?</font><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="70">Matthew Darwin
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-12-23 09:30 AM, john whelan
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I think
the OSM article uses a variety of inputs.<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a
href="https://urbandatacyclist.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/visualizing-the-bikeability-of-san-franciscos-roads/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://urbandatacyclist.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/visualizing-the-bikeability-of-san-franciscos-roads/</a></div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">It
looks as if some work has been done in Vancouver.<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">It
needs thinking through and combining both OpenStreetMap data
and other sources.</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">"Bikeability:
The term bikeability refers to the level of interaction
between factors of the built and natural environments
associated with the demand for cycling including
infrastructure, slope, land use (destinations), and
connectivity. This definition was derived from <a
href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/b38185"
moz-do-not-send="true">this study</a>."</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Note
it's not only cycle paths etc but destinations and other
information. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The
cycling organisations might understand it better. I think
also the City of Ottawa has a person or group who promotes
cycling and it might be worth involving them.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheerio
John<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 23 December 2017 at 09:06, James <span
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james2432@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">james2432@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="auto">You mean like we've been doing for
kitchissippi ward?
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href="http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/84"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/<wbr>project/84</a><br>
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<div dir="auto">Other wards need same sort of tagging</div>
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<div class="h5">On Dec 23, 2017 8:24 AM, "john whelan"
<<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com"
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Within
weeklyosm there is a article on bikability. I
am aware that some mappers in Ottawa are
working with the local cycle groups,could
something be done for Ottawa?<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a
href="http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/9805/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/arc<wbr>hives/9805/</a></div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks
John<br>
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