http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Strava Metro - Recent Posts en Sun, 31 May 2026 11:30:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-337958 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:09:44 +0000 HankChief 337958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/09/23/strava-metro-data-service-gifted-to-cities-to-boost-bicycling/#6c20fc036b0f" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/09/23/strava-metro-data-service-gifted-to-cities-to-boost-bicycling/#6c20fc036b0f</a></p> <p>"<em><br /> Strava Metro, the urban data service from the Strava fitness and networking app, has been made free for cities. Strava was founded in San Francisco in 2009—it released Strava Metro in 2014.</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153965 Mon, 19 May 2014 12:41:37 +0000 PS 153965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@robyvecchio True. But if there's still "a sizeable proportion" riding the A8, and that is seen as a dangerous road, then it might suggest that the appropriate response is to install some segregated cycle lanes?</p> <p>All this does, however, suggest that human intelligence will need to be applied if this data is to be used to inform transport infrastructure planning. God help us. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153951 Mon, 19 May 2014 10:37:19 +0000 robyvecchio 153951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@PS I don't think Strava user are more risk taker than the average 30 male. Checking the heatmap of the A8 you can see the proportion of cyclist that use path vs the ones that use the road. Gogar station road is an example of how many user choose the long detour instead of cutting straight west. Same for the RBS entrance.<br /> I was commuting to the airport years. 9 times out of 10 I preferred to arrive safe than trying a PR and I would still log it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153852 Sat, 17 May 2014 22:04:29 +0000 PS 153852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kenny Ah, didn't see that. Good chance of that, there's a flick you switch to say what sort of activity it is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153849 Sat, 17 May 2014 18:35:39 +0000 Kenny 153849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@PS - but the map linked to is one for biking, not running; I can only assume people are logging their hill walking as biking by accident? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153846 Sat, 17 May 2014 17:28:47 +0000 PS 153846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kenny Strava promotes itself as for recording running and cycling. May well be a few fell runners going up BN, or the odd walker.</p> <p><em>Just because it shows a sizeable population riding straight along the A8 at the Gogar Roundabout doesn't mean that's a 'normal' thing to do.</em></p> <p>However, Strava users are likely to be the ballsier/more foolhardy* types who choose to take the shortest and fastest route (cf, the A8) that other less ballsy/foolhardy* cyclists might like to take, if only there were some proper infrastructure for them.</p> <p>*delete as appropriate to fit your stereotype </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153841 Sat, 17 May 2014 16:28:26 +0000 Greenroofer 153841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin: I ride with Strava 'on all the time' in the sense that I record all my rides on my Garmin and upload them to Strava. I'm not racing in any sense though, and rarely compare my times with others'. I just find it a useful way to track distances and times (being a professional data geek). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153840 Sat, 17 May 2014 16:06:11 +0000 Cyclingmollie 153840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, you don't ride with Strava on or off. You ride with a GPS enabled device recording your ride. Then, if you like, you can upload that trace to Strava. Strava will display your route on a map. It will also compute how your speed on any segments you have ridden compares to the speed recorded by others. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153838 Sat, 17 May 2014 15:03:07 +0000 stiltskin 153838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The heatmap is interesting, I am surprised at the number of traces on the NEPN. It does imply that either people keep strava on all the time, or that an awful lot of people are strava-ing a shared use path. Hope it isn't the latter, although it explains a lot if that is the case. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153837 Sat, 17 May 2014 14:22:17 +0000 robyvecchio 153837@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>data from smartphones cannot be differentiated by mode of transport, a single person on a car would have the same trace as somebody on a bus.<br /> This further move from Strava can be more useful than heatmaps. Activities also have an information of gender and age attached to it beside time and speed in the same point.<br /> Comparing it with the progress of the bike counter on MMW can give a better understanding of commuting in Edinburgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153825 Sat, 17 May 2014 10:04:54 +0000 gembo 153825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We had this before when activity was in red and there was a streak from London to dunwich at 3a.m.</p> <p>Is it population density only? Most of France and Germany empty. Is it English speaking plus holidays? But then Benelux and Italy. </p> <p>Is it phone companies? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153824 Sat, 17 May 2014 10:04:13 +0000 Kenny 153824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently many people have ascended Ben Nevis on a bike.</p> <p><a href="http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#14/-5.03166/56.79935/blue/bike" rel="nofollow">http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#14/-5.03166/56.79935/blue/bike</a></p> <p>I find this hard to believe! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153823 Sat, 17 May 2014 09:58:20 +0000 wingpig 153823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What might be more useful for plotting human movement of non-Athletes is that location data smartphones were logging. Harvest it, anonymise it, sprinkle on few algorithms to determine the transit mode... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153821 Sat, 17 May 2014 08:56:22 +0000 tk 153821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If really like them to split their global heat ap between road and mountain bikes. It might then give some idea of surface suitability </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153817 Fri, 16 May 2014 22:31:45 +0000 fimm 153817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can see Glentress &amp; Innerleithen quite nicely too... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153815 Fri, 16 May 2014 20:35:25 +0000 Greenroofer 153815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Those heatmaps are fascinating. I've just spent a happy few minutes looking at all the activity on Corstorphine Hill and the Hermitage (interesting how that one is a bit vaguer, presumably because of problems getting a GPS fix in the valley).</p> <p>One thing, though, is that this only speaks for Strava users who, almost by definition, will tend to be a particularly keen subset of the cycling population. Just because it shows a sizeable population riding straight along the A8 at the Gogar Roundabout doesn't mean that's a 'normal' thing to do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153800 Fri, 16 May 2014 18:05:15 +0000 SimonS 153800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's interesting to see that Strava, an American app, is so popular in the UK and Benelux.</p> <p><a href="http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#3/-87.43916/45.92241/blue/bike" rel="nofollow">http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#3/-87.43916/45.92241/blue/bike</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12824#post-153756 Fri, 16 May 2014 13:02:15 +0000 robyvecchio 153756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strava entering the Transport planning service market</p> <p><a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-shed/cycle-life/Stravas-Plan-to-Revolutionize-Commuting.html">Strava’s Plan to Revolutionize Commuting</a> </p>