This is so Cool - Find your Route
April 27, 2006
I've been following the progress of the Bicycle Trip Planner created by byCycle.org and was particularly impressed when I entered a start/finish in an odd area and it gave me a great route. Then things got better. ByCycle teamed up with Metro for additional support and now Jonathan Maus has incorporated a shorcut into his blog BikePortland.org! It's so easy to type in your start/finish and get a sensible bike route. Great idea, Jonathan. This is so cool!
The folks behind the project say , "The byCycle Trip Planner is a free online tool to help both new and seasoned cyclists plan safe trips through the city. The Trip Planner is currently available for the Portland, OR, and Milwaukee, WI, metro regions. We are working on integrating other regions, and have a long term goal for the system to be able to route between cities." Good work!
Posted by orbike at April 27, 2006 8:14 AM
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Pretty interesting. I entered a route that I ride quite frequently, from the Alberta area to SE along Salmon (32nd and Salmon) and it gave me a different route than the one I use, but I can see what they were getting at. The route they gave me is very safe and completely reaonable if you don't know the route that is both the quickesst AND safest.
HOWEVER! It did send me the wrong way on a one way! At 21st and Pacific, just south of 84 by the dairy. I know that area and going along the one way is totally fine, except that crossing over 20th to get there is sometimes unsafe because the cars coming at you are coming from a bit of a shart curve and can't always see you.
But this route finder is really interesting. I've been wanting something like this for years. Now can we GIS it so we get layered routes depending on the mode of transportation? Choose your option!
Posted by: Will W. at April 27, 2006 6:27 PM
For sure good work! This program looks very v ery complex! I'm really impressed.
Posted by: BEn at April 28, 2006 2:41 AM
I've been using this mapper since I first heard about it, particularly because I am new to town then I had a friend visiting. It's really just a great system and I can't say whough good things about. The ByCycle people are really friendly and nice and apparently smart.
Posted by: Peg at April 28, 2006 4:48 PM