Bicycle transportation

Introduction

Introduction

Bicycle transportation represents an irreplaceable part of the city transportation system. Using bicycles for short distances in the city is often the fastest, shortest and most flexible transportation alternative. 

That is why we perceive bicycle transportation as a necessary and suitably amending part of the city public transportation system.

Data utilization

Based on the data related to the movement of cyclists, appropriate infrastructure modifications can be recommended. They include construction of bicycle stands and bicycle lanes and creation of reasonable rules for bicycle-sharing operators.

Available data

Bicycle counters

Bicycle counters provide a useful real-time data about the bicycle paths occupancy. This means an indirect support of cycling in the city and it's used as one of the ways to track the Conception of bicycle transportation and recreational cycling development in Prague. It is also used as a supportive tool for other iniciatives related to cycling development and it's infrastructure in Prague.

Functions:

Occupancy monitoring is performed using bicycle counters placed on the main cycling paths in Prague. The cyclist rides are tracked directly in the measurement points including the direction of the rides. The data also monitors the current temperature and is collected in real time (5 minute intervals) into Prague's data platform Golemio. The data does not show us the logic of the cyclists’ routes and their destinations, however, it represents a good source for extrapolating the total number of cyclists throughout the entire city.

Benefits for Prague citizens:

  • The information about the current cycling path occupancy is available to citizens.
  • Financing of cycling infrastructure development and support of bicycle transportation is more effective.
  • Connections with other projects - for example building a sensor net monitoring air quality or projects for tracking occupation of other transportation types.

Number of rides today

Number of cyclist passing through the locations on the current day.

Number of rides and ratios of the rides in both directions through the locations on the current day.

 

Historical overview

Historical data about number of cyclist rides through points with bicycle counters. Color differentiation of weekends and working days.

 

 

 

Application Na kole Prahou

This application, introduced by the Prague City Hall, navigates cyclists and recommends them suitable routes from their respective starting points to their destinations. Data from this application can be analyzed and the most common start and destination locations determined. Similarly, the data can show individual areas and streets, through which the cyclists pass.

The input for processing data-analytical outputs is data about recorded rides from the mobile application Na kole Prahou for the period from 1st Jan 2017 to 31st Dec 2018. The processing includes rides which took place at least partly in the area of interest of Prague and neighborhood, defined by coordinates: min latitude=49.816, min longitude=14.005, max latitude=50.307 and max longitude=14.907. The processed rides were also longer then 700m and the average speed was less then 30km/h.

Cyclist rides in the street network

The visualization reflects number of cyclist rides through individual segments of Prague roads and bicycle paths network for 2017 and 2018. It is possible to filter data from 2018 to working and non-working days. It is also possible to display both real number of rides for period of interest and estimated daily number of rides calculated using a combination of recorded data and data from bicycle counters. The open data from 2017 is divided into hours and data from 2018 into time intervals (0:00-7:00, 7:00-10:00, 10:00-16:00, 16:00-20:00 a 20:00-23:59).

Heatmap of the rides

Graphic visualization of number of cyclist rides through individual segments of Prague roads and bicycle paths network for 2017 and 2018.

Matrices of beginnings and ends of rides

Matrices of beginnings and ends of rides made in Prague in 2018. They contain data about 70 375 rides. Other rides ended or lead outside of the area of Prague.

 

Data resources

Mobile application data

Mobile application represent a very accurate data source on the movement of the cyclists. They include sports or navigation applications, or even applications of bicycle-sharing companies.

Průjezdy cyklistů (Na kole Prahou)

Směrové počty průjezdů cyklistů (uživatelů aplikace Na kole Prahou). Data za 2017 a 2018. Data za 2017 jsou s agregací na hodinové úseky, data za 2018 jsou s agregací na jednotlivé časové intervaly dne (0:00-7:00, 7:00-10:00, 10:00-16:00, 16:00-20:00 a 20:00-23:59). Data za 2018 jsou navíc rozdělena na pracovní a nepracovní dny. Aplikaci lze nalézt na https://nakoleprahou.cz

Datové soubory
Name Format
Směrové průjezdy v uliční síti za 2017 GeoJSON STÁHNOUT
Přejezdy mezi městskými čtvrtěmi 2017 CSV STÁHNOUT
Přejezdy mezi městskými čtvrtěmi 2018 CSV STÁHNOUT
Směrové průjezdy v uliční síti 2018 GeoJSON STÁHNOUT
Cataloging entry
Label Value
Periodicita aktualizace 1 ročně
Dokumentace DOCUMENTATION
Licence Creative Commons CCZero
Poskytovatel dat Magistrát hlavního města Praha
Odkaz do katalogu http://opendata.praha.eu/dataset/nakoleprahou

Bicycle counters

TSK operates bicycle counters that count the number of passages of the cyclists in the given direction utilizing induction loops installed in the bicycle paths.

Cyklosčítače - API

API přístup k aktuálním i historickým datům z cykloščítačů.
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* Dokumentace API: https://golemioapi.docs.apiary.io/#reference/traffic/bicylecounters/
* Pro přístup k API si vygenerujte api klíč (x-access-token) zde: https://api.golemio.cz/api-keys/auth/sign-in

Datové soubory
Name Format
Bicylecounters API STÁHNOUT
Cataloging entry
Label Value
Dokumentace DOCUMENTATION
Licence Creative Commons CCZero
Poskytovatel dat Operátor ICT a.s.
Odkaz do katalogu http://opendata.praha.eu/dataset/cykloscitace-api

Statistická data z cyklosčítačů od 1.1.2010

Statistická data z cyklosčítačů od 1.1.2010.

Datové soubory
Name Format
Průjezdy cyklistů 2010-2018 CSV STÁHNOUT
Seznam cyklosčítačů 2010-2018 CSV STÁHNOUT
Seznam cyklosčítačů 2018-2019 CSV STÁHNOUT
Průjezdy cyklistů 2019 ZIP STÁHNOUT
Směry pro jednotlivé cyklosčítače 2018-2019 CSV STÁHNOUT
Průjezdy cyklistů 2018 ZIP STÁHNOUT
Průjezdy cyklistů 2020 / Q1 ZIP:CSV STÁHNOUT
Průjezdy cyklistů 2020 / Q2 ZIP:CSV STÁHNOUT
Průjezdy cyklistů 2020 / Q3 ZIP:CSV STÁHNOUT
Cataloging entry
Label Value
Dokumentace DOCUMENTATION
Licence Creative Commons CCZero
Poskytovatel dat Operátor ICT, a.s.
Odkaz do katalogu http://opendata.praha.eu/dataset/cykloscitace