Biking Safety

[Sahedeva]

Concise description. What problem are you trying to solve?

The problem is that there is no place where bikers can share and collect data about bike safety, use and infrastructure.

Link (more details/brain dump/alpha)

ride.report.com labs.strava.com bikeaustin.org

Who will use/benefit from this project?

Potential Bikers Serious Bikers Pedestrians Car and Bike Commuters Tourist Bikers

Project Needs (dev/design/resources)

Street and Bike route database Accident database GIS mapping Designers/Developers Potential tie in with tracking device Marketers Community Mangager

Next Steps:

Validation and research - does this exist? would it be useful? crowd sourcing - bike communities input, bike shop owners, Bike Advisory Council and Pedestrian Advisory Council

Coding and Design: mobile first design, links to geospatial api's and trackers and safety crash data api

Status (experiment, alpha, beta, official)

Add the status of the project here.

[luqmaan]

http://www.cyclephilly.org/

https://cartodb.com/gallery/cycle-philly/

[abbychoff]

some inspiration:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/72980283

[cpomeara]

Code for America in Durham (NC) has a similar project: https://github.com/BikeSafety/BikeSafety

[mateoclarke]

If you guys decide to look more at mapping accidents or bike thefts, check out this project that @CuriousG102 started working on at last year's ATX Hack for Change. https://github.com/CuriousG102/bikes-in-austin

Would be cool to try to bring this project over the finish line to have something similar to Durham's Bike Safety map.

[Woodley]

You guys should check out the VeloHound app which is free and made in Austin, Tx by our very own Gonzalo Camacho.

VeloHound, Bicycle and Roadway Safety Report AppBy Gonzalo Camacho App Description

VeloTexas App is a research tool designed to assist in making roads safer mainly for bicyclists.

Users (bicyclists) using the app allow us to identify bicycling routes. This data along with existing road safety data allows us to work with local cities and road safety partners identifying improvements and strategies that intend to make streets safer to bicyclists.

VeloTexas App is a collaborative effort mostly of Austin-based volunteers passionate about road safety, bicycling, and engineering. As we work with communities in making streets safer for users, the VeloTexas App is intended to evolve into a research tool used to planning, designing and operating safer roadways.

Data provided to VeloTexas App or collected through the VeloTexas App is voluntary and anonymous and it is to be used for purposes of improving road safety. Future modifications to the app will be communicated to users. Improving bicycle safety through crowd sourcing involves cycling communities actively identifying areas that are unsafe and recording incidents that many times are unreported. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/velohound-bicycle-roadway/id689840165?mt=8

You can view the map and data this app produces at: http://www.velohound.com/map/

You can read more at: http://velotexas.com/

http://www.velohound.com/about/

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Mateo Clarke [email protected] wrote:

If you guys decide to look more at mapping accidents or bike thefts, check out this project that @CuriousG102 https://github.com/CuriousG102 started working on at last year's ATX Hack for Change. https://github.com/CuriousG102/bikes-in-austin

Would be cool to try to bring this project over the finish line to have something similar to Durham's Bike Safety map.

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[layspmb]

City of Austin is investing $5,000 in ride report dash board. • How do you encourage community to adopt use? • Route suggestion feature coming soon • Can we get contact details Ride Report and offer to collaborate? • Can they release anonymous data from Portland to play with during the Hack? • What interest and bandwidth do they have for improving or bespoke modification of the app? • Could we create a user feedback loop. Point specific and segment specific feedback. • Can the City use this to track comments and then feedback to users when projects come forward? • What is the lifespan of a comment? When do they get archived? • Can comments lead down a route of advice to other apps like 311 instead of competing systems? • Hack should identify and develop functionality to make the app relevant to Austin • Can data from other sources be used such as the b-cycle. Ride data. Sharing from Human and Strava? • Why is this different? Because they are advocates and metrics give you power in your advocacy.

Other Examples: • "Happy Path". Efficiency versus beautiful. • "Waze" driving route community and feedback.

[layspmb]

We need to:

Create a list of functionality Reach out to Ride Report // chat with Nathan at city Create a catchy project name Write project description

• About 100 words
• Tie to VZ Action Plan language
• Expansion to non-cyclists

Questions to Answer – WHY, WHAT, HOW

• What are we trying to achieve?
• Are we getting there with this tool/plan?
• Are we keeping both groups of users in mind?

2 user classes (they are distinct)

• Primary – personal use
• Secondary – planners

[Woodley]

Just thought you might like the Walk America Survey and App to track walking to see if this type of data collecting will work with your app plans for non-biker and bikers alike. On the survey link you can see how they used past data.

Add Your Voice to the Walking Movement

There are new opportunities available to provide important information and feedback to the walking movement.

• The National Physical Activity Society is conducting a survey http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I_b9GVpbn6K1yTNR5A1Lv-q_-DaeFodQkCbYZgfXhBHfh_xBx-pbqj-SE2S2MKnsSj6jP5MIR5XRx-FU5E74kNaLgOHBU4IxSJP6qzC5E_-ef-llz0qSCm69KgAEloQV1oddoRr87qPAOYf6R6cwcCh0I9T8nyzwyzIM5yvqPmYWgVpi1w9E_g==&c=9iwn412MflYws4r_H611eoazbqHbiQMptaGrz3c4eltozsrzrccFDw==&ch=aH4amiustAe-NUu1xAFuP5wliAwrb4sw-LjC85UgLwjyAFxSjH94AA== of public health professionals who work with issues related to physical activity.
• Put your cell phone to good use with this new study http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001I_b9GVpbn6K1yTNR5A1Lv-q_-DaeFodQkCbYZgfXhBHfh_xBx-pbqj-SE2S2MKnsYrBLlB0mFTBscllr2Kztr8x08Ki4nKrrIckcEObAYN1fqYUkR2Zbeozc11Sfx8UGTAjrBwvsLDROGPp_30dil-u55oay7tMIBu93GXNHu2XfnSPhLCmMWkxzMzj6wlf7&c=9iwn412MflYws4r_H611eoazbqHbiQMptaGrz3c4eltozsrzrccFDw==&ch=aH4amiustAe-NUu1xAFuP5wliAwrb4sw-LjC85UgLwjyAFxSjH94AA== that looks to track walking behavior across the country.

FYI, May is walk and bike to work Month.

Bike Austin: Spring has sprung, and that means Bike Month is right around the corner! We're planning our biggest Bike To Work Day http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AdEXAyZqPpuE4OxGm6wTiuP6bKsD-39EtB-WxoX5Rz01oRPXsRGWQYM0Ar3jSeSg3KvQnFdI1cZBi3_ss5fPC8XO0a4Py0nkVZPYRRC3oADo0csCo638NPE4UjpQEkHdQXNjCs9DW1yxSLYRzSHcBs37sdUOR98V0cyD-OQHKZxnXElaXrk09g==&c=e_76uDfq5A5XCMH_K1heMJC3gJIHBqWWm6Ljq8idHT8j91JREF4OOA==&ch=1kWU6CRuqhmUsv1AtK7v7idcqHpm1PrIYaGudcP7tIyCGdEOkV2esQ== yet, with over 30 morning Fueling Stations http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AdEXAyZqPpuE4OxGm6wTiuP6bKsD-39EtB-WxoX5Rz01oRPXsRGWQWtuz8T9X4O6mHUC6qbFd1ZxAKlz9rErSDsSospzmFxMhaVkQnjwXtKEKFIR6Nt0x_W3EeK2-1ze_ECgNgaiifv-XE2X0PDTwQrmfOTYd4SxdWgH2IiXoqRyvA9sOyX0OcrB9YCk4Ya0HPtiIQYy8v8=&c=e_76uDfq5A5XCMH_K1heMJC3gJIHBqWWm6Ljq8idHT8j91JREF4OOA==&ch=1kWU6CRuqhmUsv1AtK7v7idcqHpm1PrIYaGudcP7tIyCGdEOkV2esQ== with free snacks and coffee and the return of our Bike Home From Work Party http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AdEXAyZqPpuE4OxGm6wTiuP6bKsD-39EtB-WxoX5Rz01oRPXsRGWQWg5AUPh7qOf-uqETMYhuqw73Ul9pZkWlDOdH1aF1pmrugP3-Hd6bX4TrImVjWRoRea499q5rtlQgjPukhxOtzLw7CNeGorw-8UNiqsGBcm0iLwOo6sxRQlblTqJevfbEdMTWetTQRVcIUY6h2nhMXtzO3UJMWocQw==&c=e_76uDfq5A5XCMH_K1heMJC3gJIHBqWWm6Ljq8idHT8j91JREF4OOA==&ch=1kWU6CRuqhmUsv1AtK7v7idcqHpm1PrIYaGudcP7tIyCGdEOkV2esQ==, this year at Hops and Grain Brewery.

Walk America: http://americawalks.org/

Regards, John Woodley Advocate for Disability Access Bike Austin

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:26 PM, layspmb [email protected] wrote:

We need to:

Create a list of functionality Reach out to Ride Report // chat with Nathan at city Create a catchy project name Write project description

• About 100 words
• Tie to VZ Action Plan language
• Expansion to non-cyclists

Questions to Answer – WHY, WHAT, HOW

• What are we trying to achieve?
• Are we getting there with this tool/plan?
• Are we keeping both groups of users in mind?

2 user classes (they are distinct)

• Primary – personal use
• Secondary – planners

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[mateoclarke]

Hey @Sahedeva, @abbychoff, @cpomeara, @Woodley, @layspmb, are you or any of your other team members interested in taking this project to the ATX Hack for Change June 3-5th? If so, all you need to do is submit your idea to the project proposal Github page. Good news is it asks for much of the same info y'all have already filled out here. @mention me or shoot me an email if you have any questions at [email protected].

[Sahedeva]

Sorry, I have been busy with work and have not been very active. I would love to take the project to ATX Hack for Change. I will check with the group to see if there is a consensus of interest, and will submit a proposal if it is a go.

[lorinrivers]

Really sorry I didn't check this out in time to participate in teh hack for change. I worked on a personal project to identify risky locations for bikes & predestrians (places where people were injured).

[layspmb]

Hi Lorin, sounds interesting, do you have any data or mapping to share?

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On Jun 8, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Lorin Rivers [email protected] wrote:

Really sorry I didn't check this out in time to participate in teh hack for change. I worked on a personal project to identify risky locations for bikes & predestrians (places where people were injured).

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[Woodley]

The City of Austin and TXDOT are using different systems, Check out the presentation from TXDOT Vision Zero which has some data and statistics.

2016 Meetings: Pedestrian Advisory Council June 07, 2016 https://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/121_1.htm

Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics - 2015. Statistics contained in these reports are generated from data provided by TxDOT's Crash Records Information System (CRIS)®. http://www.txdot.gov/government/enforcement/annual-summary.html

Many of these statistics are behavioral. A Place where TXDOT and its Data is Lacking in is:

• ENGINEERING: Bolster key initiatives for which Complete Street Design, Traffic Engineering, & Transportation Planning can prevent deadly or incapacitating collisions.

FHWA Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Prediction Tool (PBCAT)

• Researchers at the University of North Carolina developed the PBCAT software package for FHWA to better understand these bicycle and pedestrian crashes and guide the selection of countermeasures. The data from the CR-3s were manually entered into the PBCAT software and exported to Excel® spreadsheets for further analyses.

Regards, John Woodley

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:04 PM, layspmb [email protected] wrote:

Hi Lorin, sounds interesting, do you have any data or mapping to share?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 8, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Lorin Rivers [email protected] wrote:

Really sorry I didn't check this out in time to participate in teh hack for change. I worked on a personal project to identify risky locations for bikes & predestrians (places where people were injured).

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[rcboler]

Hi there @Sahedeva -- I recently started coming to Open Austin events, and love this group. I've had an idea for a safety-focused bicycle routing app for a while (http://robertboler.com/bikearound), and would love to lend my design hand here or join forces! Holler at me if you're headed to one of their upcoming events.

[layspmb]

Hi @rcboler thanks for your message! Your project looks great. I'll let you know when we are next headed to Open Austin and we can meet up.

[edireson]

Might warrant a separate issue, but tangentially related: a fork of this project for Austin would be 💯

https://github.com/infinitesunrise/carsinbikelanes/blob/master/README.md

[rcboler]

@edireson, that does look interesting, though since that's a more aggressive take on improving bike safety than I'm used to seeing.

What happens with those violation reports? Would this tool encourage a sense of "bikes taddling on drivers", or is it simply somehow aggregated and shown to a few key people to identify what areas could use some infrastructure improvement?

[edireson]

The "About" in the NYC version says something to the effect of "Not a replacement for calling 311 or talking to your elected officials"

I concur with your line of thinking: a hotspot map that could be used in policy efforts with Austin Transporation Dept.

[amaliebarras]

I would love to see someone use this to create a bike incident reporting tool.