Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 495-505Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.03.015
Keywords
Cycling; Route planner; Internet mapping; AJAX; Topology; Metro Vancouver
Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada under the Built Environment, Obesity and Health Strategic Research Initiative
- Translink
- Gavin Davidson and Michael
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With increasing fuel costs, greater awareness of greenhouse gas emissions and increasing obesity levels, cycling is promoted as a health promoting and sustainable transport mode. We developed a cycling route planner (http://cyclevancouver.ubc.ca) for Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to facilitate cycling amongst the general public and to facilitate new route location by transportation planners. The geographical information system-based planner incorporates variables that influence choices to travel by bicycle (e.g., distance, elevation gain, safety, route features, air pollution and links to transit) in selecting the preferred routing. Using a familiar and user-friendly Google Maps interface, the planner allows individuals to seek optimized cycling routes throughout the region based on their own preferences. In addition to the incorporation of multiple user preferences in route selection, the planner is unique amongst cycling route planners in its use of topology to minimize data storage redundancy, its reliance on node/vertex index tables to increase efficiency of the route selection process, and the use of web services and asynchronous technologies for quick data delivery. Use of this tool can help promote bicycle travel as a form of active transportation and help lower greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) and air pollutant emissions by reducing car trips. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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