In the previous post, I talked about collecting street-level imagery while biking using a helmet-mounted camera and sharing it via services that are open license. In this post, I'll dig deeper on two related questions. First, why is it important to use open license services instead of Google Street View? Second, what are the advantages … Continue reading Street-level imagery: licensing challenges and benefits of recording from a bike instead of a vehicle
Taking imagery of bike lanes at risk and using it to help fix bike parking
We took street-level imagery on Bloor St, Yonge St, University Ave, Queen's Park Cres, and Avenue Rd to create a digital record of bike lanes at risk from Ontario Bill 212 and to help analyze and improve bike parking
Bill 212 ERO Comments Data
The comments from the Environmental Registry of Ontario related to Bill 212 were recently posted. However, since there were so many of them (over 17 thousand!), the comment download option was not working on the site. To make them more accessible for analysis, one of our volunteers wrote a script to download them all. This … Continue reading Bill 212 ERO Comments Data
BikeSpace featured on City of Toronto Open Data Blog
Last fall in September, Sonal Ranjit wrote a guest post on the City of Toronto Open Data Blog about the newly-relaunched BikeSpace app. The post has a short overview of how the app works as well as some additional detail about the history of the project and plans for the future. You can read the … Continue reading BikeSpace featured on City of Toronto Open Data Blog
BikeSpace is Back! (Version 2)
After a couple years of being inactive, Civic Tech Toronto volunteers have brought the BikeSpace project back! We are continuing to work on improvements to this essential tool, which helps citizens map where we need more and better bike parking in Toronto. Note: Older posts are still available, but have [Archived] in the title to … Continue reading BikeSpace is Back! (Version 2)
[Archived] How your photos help make BikeSpace (even) better
Have you checked out the BikeSpace dashboard yet? As well as using the web app to report bike parking problems, you can use the dashboard to view issues shared by other cyclists. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response from the community, and want to thank everyone that’s taken the time to report an issue. Something that … Continue reading [Archived] How your photos help make BikeSpace (even) better
[Archived] Meet a BikeSpace UX Designer
SoYoung Lee has volunteered with BikeSpace as a UX, UI, and Visual Designer since November 2017. How did you get involved with BikeSpace? I became involved with BikeSpace because I have personally been effected by the issue of a lack of bike parking. I used to own a bike and had difficulty locking it at … Continue reading [Archived] Meet a BikeSpace UX Designer
[Archived] Meet a BikeSpace Designer
Peter Rogers joined the BikeSpace team in December 2017 as a UI/UX Designer and worked on the design team by creating graphics and branding work. How did you get involved with BikeSpace? A colleague I volunteer with at Cycle Toronto was already attending Civic Tech hacknights as part of Cycle Toronto's Bike Parking Working Group … Continue reading [Archived] Meet a BikeSpace Designer
[Archived] Locking up your bike isn’t enough
The lack of secure bike parking leaves Toronto cyclists worried about theft.
[Archived] The bike parking app that cyclists demanded
There is great demand for a digital app to report bike parking issues.
BikeSpace Blog 