Post by Bracken Van Ryssen on Mar 7, 2015 12:02:17 GMT
The Solihull Bicycle Campaign now has a group page on the infrastructure and issue mapping tool Cyclescape.
Cyclescape was created as a way for cyclists and potential cyclists to identify and share issues with road and
cycle infrastructure in their area, as well as generate discussion regarding possible solutions.
The Solihull group can be found here and the Push Bikes (Birmingham) page can be found here.
This is an extract from the user guide on their site.
"What is Cyclescape?
Cyclescape is a new facility to provide cycle campaign groups around the UK and their members with a toolkit for easy discussion and resolution of campaigning issues. It aims to make it easier for people to get involved, get up to speed on any issue facing cyclists, work more productively with Local Authorities, and discover best practices and case studies from around the UK. Geography is at the heart of the system.
Is Cyclescape just another web forum? No. Although it provides a place for discussions, there's much more. For a start, everything is geographical, so you can mark on the map where a problem is, and people subscribe to discussions based on these locations. There's a library where you can pull in resources, e.g. guidance on 20mph limits for a discussion on that theme. We've integrated collision data to help campaign on junctions. Planning applications will (shortly) be appearing on the map automatically. And you can use the system as an e-mail list as well as accessing it as a website.
What's the fundamental idea?
Firstly, you show on the map the places that you cycle in as 'my areas'. When someone marks a cycling issue on the map, you'll be subscribed to discussions on that if it matches your area. You can then discuss the issue and help bring about a solution to that problem.
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If we can get enough discussion going on the site, it would allow us to take areas of significant issue to the council and add pressure to resolve the issues.
Cyclescape was created as a way for cyclists and potential cyclists to identify and share issues with road and
cycle infrastructure in their area, as well as generate discussion regarding possible solutions.
The Solihull group can be found here and the Push Bikes (Birmingham) page can be found here.
This is an extract from the user guide on their site.
"What is Cyclescape?
Cyclescape is a new facility to provide cycle campaign groups around the UK and their members with a toolkit for easy discussion and resolution of campaigning issues. It aims to make it easier for people to get involved, get up to speed on any issue facing cyclists, work more productively with Local Authorities, and discover best practices and case studies from around the UK. Geography is at the heart of the system.
Is Cyclescape just another web forum? No. Although it provides a place for discussions, there's much more. For a start, everything is geographical, so you can mark on the map where a problem is, and people subscribe to discussions based on these locations. There's a library where you can pull in resources, e.g. guidance on 20mph limits for a discussion on that theme. We've integrated collision data to help campaign on junctions. Planning applications will (shortly) be appearing on the map automatically. And you can use the system as an e-mail list as well as accessing it as a website.
What's the fundamental idea?
Firstly, you show on the map the places that you cycle in as 'my areas'. When someone marks a cycling issue on the map, you'll be subscribed to discussions on that if it matches your area. You can then discuss the issue and help bring about a solution to that problem.
"
If we can get enough discussion going on the site, it would allow us to take areas of significant issue to the council and add pressure to resolve the issues.