Category: cycling

Planning a Cycling Revolution for Post-Lockdown London

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Overview London and the UK as a whole have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, creating multiple health, social and economic crises. Social distancing requirements have drastically reduced the safe capacity of public transport services. The London Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) have quickly responded with a radical plan for transforming Inner London … Continue reading Planning a Cycling Revolution for Post-Lockdown London →

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City Planning, cycling, london, planning, sustainability

Strava Labs Heatmap of Runners

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This stunning map reveals the athletic footprint of London. Strava have taken their huge volume of movement data, recorded by runners, cyclists and other data-enabled fitness peeps and created a heatmap of London (and indeed, the world). Many people use Strava to record their cycle to work, whereas running to work is much rarer, so […]

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activity, athletic, bike, cycle, cycling, data, fitness, GPS, GPS trace, heatmap, run, running, sports, strava, trace

Showerspass Cycling Jacket with London Map

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London’s street network appears on a new cycling jacket – when you shine a light at it! Showerspass, a Portland (Oregon)-based company, has unveiled two new versions of their Elite cycling jacket – “Hi-Vis” and “Torch” versions. Both of them contain MapReflect, which is a rather brilliant idea for using a map design as a […]

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clothes, cycling, jacket, OpenStreetMap, pattern, reflective, showerspass