30 minute session
- 10 minutes introduction to PCT and other tools
- 20 minutes on what is needed
- 2 minutes: max intervention
- Try it: www.pct.bike
12 June 2017. Slides: rpubs.com/RobinLovelace
Logistics
Motivation
Source: Warrington cycle campaign
- Sub-optimal resource allocation
How to best 'Go Dutch'
Source: Author, Utrecht, 2017
Prior work (source: Lovelace et al. 2017)
| Tool | Scale | Coverage | Public access | Format of output | Levels of analysis | Software licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propensity to Cycle Tool | National | England | Yes | Online map | A, OD, R, RN | Open source |
| Prioritization Index | City | Montreal | No | GIS-based | P, A, R | Proprietary |
| PAT | Local | Parts of Dublin | No | GIS-based | A, OD, R | Proprietary |
| Usage intensity index | City | Belo Horizonte | No | GIS-based | A, OD, R, I | Proprietary |
| Bicycle share model | National | England, Wales | No | Static | A, R | Unknown |
| Cycling Potential Tool | City | London | No | Static | A, I | Unknown |
| Santa Monica model | City | Santa Monica | No | Static | P, OD, A | Unknown |
What is the Propensity to Cycle Tool?
Source: Lovelace et al. (2017)
- Online, public tool showing where to intervene
- Based on origin-destination data showing 'desire lines'
- Scenarios indicates shifts with cycling uptake
Starter for 10
A checklist for a global sustainable planning tool
- Open source and extensible
- Free to access and use, based on open data
- Not-for-profit
- International steering committee
- Internationally funded
- International developers from academia, industry and public sector
- Monitoring and evaluation capability built-in (e.g. with the bikedata R package)
- Publicly accessible results and interactive map
A live demo for Leeds
"Actions speak louder than words"
The PCT in CWIS and LCWIP
Included in Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Strategy (CWIS) and the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)
The route network layer
- In alignment with research advocating network-level design (Buehler and Dill 2016)
References
Buehler, Ralph, and Jennifer Dill. 2016. “Bikeway Networks: A Review of Effects on Cycling.” Transport Reviews 36 (1): 9–27. doi:10.1080/01441647.2015.1069908.
Lovelace, Robin, Anna Goodman, Rachel Aldred, Nikolai Berkoff, Ali Abbas, and James Woodcock. 2017. “The Propensity to Cycle Tool: An Open Source Online System for Sustainable Transport Planning.” Journal of Transport and Land Use, December. doi:10.5198/jtlu.2016.862.