[Talk-ca] A message aimed more at Ottawa

[Matthew Darwin]

Hi John,

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.

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.

Too bad we couldn't collaborate better across the country on cycling 
activities.   Is there a national organization focused on cycling?

Matthew Darwin
matthew at mdarwin.ca
http://www.mdarwin.ca

On 2017-12-23 09:30 AM, john whelan wrote:
> I think the OSM article uses a variety of inputs.
>
> https://urbandatacyclist.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/visualizing-the-bikeability-of-san-franciscos-roads/
>
> It looks as if some work has been done in Vancouver.
>
> It needs thinking through and combining both OpenStreetMap data and 
> other sources.
>
> "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 this study 
> <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/b38185>."
>
> Note it's not only cycle paths etc but destinations and other 
> information.
>
> 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.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 23 December 2017 at 09:06, James <james2432 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:james2432 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     You mean like we've been doing for kitchissippi ward?
>
>     http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/84
>     <http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/84>
>
>     Other wards need same sort of tagging
>
>     On Dec 23, 2017 8:24 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         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?
>
>         http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/9805/
>         <http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/9805/>
>
>         Thanks John
>
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