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A curated list of awesome bike and traffic ("#Verkehrswende") projects including bike sport, commuting, open data, data visualization, data analytics, data journalism, urban planing, crowdsourcing. There is no pre-established order of items in each category, the order is for contribution. If you want to contribute, please read the guide.
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Verkehrswende Wordpress Locations - This Wordpress plugin can be used to track infrastructural problems like missing sidewalks or bike lanes and provides users with interactive maps. Users can also contribute to the map by uploading coordinates and images.
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Radmesser - The Tagesspiegel, together with physicists, experts in artificial intelligence and designers, has developed its own sensor to find out how close car and bicycle drivers are in Berlin's city traffic.
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Openbikesensor - Following the example of the Radmesser, the OpenBikeSensor was created in Stuttgart at the Zweirat. The Radmesser is a project from the Tagesspiegel in Berlin; a small technical device on the bike that measures the distance from overtaking cars while driving. Since this is not only a problem in Berlin, but also here in Stuttgart, we want to take care of it!
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fixmyberlin - The Berlin-based FixMyBerlin project analyzes all major roads in the city according to their cycling infrastructure and keep track of where construction projects are really being implemented (source code).
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Fahrradwetter - A script that checks the rain radar to give you a forecast on wether you should ride the bike today.
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traffic dynamics (Münster) - Interactive visualisation of bike (and car) count data from Münster (Westf., source code)
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crashes (Münster) - Interactive visualisation of crashes data from Münster (Westf., source code)
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Streetmix - Design, remix and share your street. Add cycle paths, widen sidewalks or lanes, and find out how that affects your community (source code).
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fahrrad-initiativen.de - A list of bike initiatives in Germany.
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Radlquartier München - An interactive visualization of Munich's bike sharing system (source code)
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CityBikes - Visualizations and APIs for many bike sharing systems around the globe (source code).
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Bike data project - Our aim is to create impact by showing where and when people actually ride a bicycle. More data means more influence over those in power to make cities more sustainable and bike-friendly.
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bikedata - R package to extract data from public hire bicycle systems.
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critical maps - An open source Android and iOS App to organise the monthly critical mass movement around the world.
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Berlin Cobblestone (Kopfsteinpflaster) OSM Karte - Map shows cobblestone surfaces in Berlin, based on surface=cobblestone attribute in OpenStreetMaps. Project is "proof of concept" or "work in progress", as other surfaces are not yet shown. See also "Falsches Verwenden von surface=cobblestone" (in OSM) .
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Die gefährlichsten Radwege in Deutschland - Interactive map. Add your own "hot spots" and observations. Map and server set up by Greenpeace. Current disadvantages: map uses Google, not OSM; users appear not to be able to create an url as a deep link to a certain position and zoom level.
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SimRa - Kostenlose SimRa App. TU Berlin-Projekt. Datensparsame Datensammel-App, die Fahrtrouten aufzeichnet und Beschleunigungsdaten zum Detektieren von Gefahrensituationen nutzt wie plötzliches Bremsen, Ausweichen, Stürze. 3-Jahres-Förderung durch die Citizen-Science-Initiative der TU Berlin.
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Cyface - Software zur Analyse der Qualität und Nutzung von Verkehrswegen. Cyface Android App und Cyface Sensorbox (RaspberryPi) zur Erfassung von Straßen- und Verkehrsdaten. Ausgründung der TU Dresden.
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BikeNow - An app crafted by a research group at the Technical University of Dresden showing the seconds remaining until the traffic lights will turn green or red so you can speed down or up to cycle through the city of Dresden without stopping. (German, closed source, invitation only)
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Läuft! - an campaigns run by ADFC Hamburg to provide neighbours in Hamburg with an interactive map and and a tool supporting them to file an application for 30 km/h speed limits on their street due to high air pollution or noise pollution based on German law. The map is using open data issued by the city of Hamburg to identify polluted streets and shows all citizens that already filed an application. Some repositories contain parts of the entire system used to drive the campaign.
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Verkehrsunfallstatistik - Parser and maps for Berlin's yearly bike accident reports to get the number of accidents per street.
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https://biking.michael-simons.eu - Michael Simons's private web tool to manage his bikes and tracks but also a sample application (Repository) to learn both modern server side Java with Spring Boot and software architecture documentation using on the Arc42 template
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Fahrraddaten-Canvas - Template for documentation, discovery or ideation of Open Data for cycling and bicyle urbanism on a single sheet of paper. (German)
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BBBike - A route-finder for cyclists in Berlin and Brandenburg. Developed since 1996 (10 years before the first release of Google Maps!) and still very useful due to own quality attributes like surface, number of traffic lights etc. that are not available in OSM or Google Maps.
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Bikerouter - Web client for BRouter, a routing engine based on OpenStreetMap.
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MotionTag - App for Android and iOS tracking your mobility behavior automatically offering reports with modal split and CO2 emission. Based on their mobility analysis platform. (Closed source, disadvantage: no API for consumers to get your own data)
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Abstandsrechner - A JS tool to measure the distance between car and cyclist. Estimate distance between car overtaking and bike based on camera photos using road markings as reference.
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BikeTag - A photo mystery tag game on bicycles, completely open-source and free to play forever, written in TypeScript and VueJs.
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Commons Booking - A Wordpress plugin for management and booking of commons goods especially cargo bikes.
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Mitradgelegenheit - Website to organize small critical masses on for every day rides like going to work or a trip to the lake.
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OSM Conflator. This is a script for merging points from some third-party source with OpenStreetMap data. After merging and uploading, the data can be updated.
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weg-li - Website for citizens to report parking violations on sidewalks and bike paths. weg-li is opensource, uses OCR and image-recognition to do ALPR (automated license plate recognition) and other automations to make the process as simple and fast as possible. Falschparkeranzeige erstellen (mit Kennzeichenerkennung, benutzt Google)
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- Github Unter Verwendung des Google::Cloud::Vision::ImageAnnotator https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/request?hl=de siehe https://twitter.com/ulid000/status/1174061217477996546?s=20
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Falschparkeranzeige erstellen (experimentell; auf Berliner Bußgeldstelle zugeschnitten, läuft datensparsam im Browser, erstellt E-Mail, benutzt OSM)
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Falschparkeranzeige erstellen (experimentell; auf Magdeburger Bußgeldstelle zugeschnitten, läuft datensparsam im Browser, erstellt PDF für E-Mail) https://twitter.com/komaspieler/status/1482100175946407938
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Wegeheld - App for Android and iOS allowing citizens to report parking violations e.g. parking on sidewalks or cycling infrastruture to the police or the municipal office responsible for public order (Closed Source by now)
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(Vereinfachte) Verkehrsordnungswidrigkeitenanzeige bei Halt- und Parkverstößen in Berlin - Web page for creating an eMail to Berlin Police to report parking violations based on a template containing all information needed. Extracts location data from photo including reverse geocoding.
- Copy of the jsfiddle (from 2019-06-18) as a Github Gist which can be edited more easily and provides a standalone webpage of the gist.
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Abschlapp - First prototype of a mobile app guiding pedestrians and cyclists to get Berlin Police to tow cars from cycling infrastructure and sidewalks based on the instructions by Autofreies Kreuzberg
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Kennzeichenerkennung
- https://www.openalpr.com/
- Für den Eigengebrauch ist der Free Plan hier eine gute Variante https://www.openalpr.com/cloud-api.html siehe https://twitter.com/weg_li/status/1174058232324808704?s=20
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OpenBike: Free/Libre-Open-Source-Softwarestack für Fahrradsharing (oder Sharingsysteme generell). Modularer Aufbau mit Standardschnittstellen (Verfügbarkeiten werden über GBFS ausgespielt, etc).
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Verkehrszählung mit Open-Source-Tool OpenDataCam - Wie viele Autos, Fahrräder oder Schafe täglich die Straße nutzen, lässt sich mit der OpenDataCam ermitteln. Das Tool gibt es nun in Version 3.0. Github
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Interaktive Kartenvisualisierung der Wegeheld-Meldungen - siehe https://twitter.com/rad_ritter/status/1177231465668587520
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bikeparking.lorenz.lu - Datenabgleich von Fahrradparkplätzen aus den OSM-Daten mit OpenData-Datensätzen aus Berlin und anderen Städten. Man kann sehen, wo in OSM Daten fehlen. Und Statistiken über die Fahrradstellplätze nach Stadt/Region ausgeben lassen.
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Byke: This project explores the feasability of quantifying the bicycle lane surface roughness using an accelerometer
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FFGC (Fantastic Fixed Gear Calculator) Online tool by surplace that will show gear ratio, skid patch, development, equivalent gearing and other useful info based on your gears and tires.
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Pyxelate – open source GUI script written in Python to partially pixelate images or short video clips. Uses ffmpeg.
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# pass1 ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabdetect -f null - # pass2 ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabtransform=crop=black:smoothing=20,unsharp=5:5:0.8:3:3:0.4 output.mp4 -
Bicycle Master Plan - A tool / web app for displaying various bicycle infrastructure related data on a map
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Ping if you care In 2019, @AmsterdamNL equipped 700 cyclists with a device that allowed them to "ping" when encountering a complicated, clumsy or unsafe traffic situation. https://twitter.com/Cycling_Embassy/status/1478034053593014274
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Straßenraumkarte Neukölln mit hohem Detailgrad Die Straßenraumkarte https://supaplexosm.github.io/strassenraumkarte-neukoelln/?map=micromap#20/52.47593/13.43962 für Neukölln zeigt jetzt Radwege in Farbe und hohem Detailgrad
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Bike Data Project - Citizens collecting cycling data to make cities more bike-friendly
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Find my (stolen) bike - scan ebay advertisements (work in progress)
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sport-activities-features - A minimalistic toolbox for extracting features from sports activity files written in Python
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AST-Monitor - A wearable Raspberry Pi computer for cyclists
Verkehrszählung
- Telraam Verkehrszählungen (lokal und per Netzwerk/Karte) per Raspberrry Pi, Kamera und Software
- Karte/Map
- Selbstbau/DIY
- https://adfc-tk.de/wir-zaehlen/ Telraam in Berlin: Treptow/Köpenick zählt "Wir zählen" (WZ)
- https://github.com/CargoBikoMeter/WZePaperDisplay e-Paper based mobility data display. "WZ" in "WZePaperDisplay" means "Wir Zählen".
- Research Apps
- CityLab: Open Traffic Count
- Visual Count (siehe unten)
- Open Data Cam - 'Open Data Cam' is a tool that helps to quantify the world. The best thing about it: You can make it yourself! With computer vision 'Open Data Cam' understands and quantifies what it sees. The simple setup allows everybody to become an urban data miner. Github
- (Traffic) tally "tally", engl. counter, list. The tool works in the browser (Desktop, Smartphone…) and lets you count items (for example, when you count traffic the items would be bicycles, cars, busses and so on). The list and also the names of the items can be easily configured and is saved in the browser's local storage (no data is stored on the server).
Open Data
- Aufzugsdaten. Antwort der Deutschen Bahn auf Anfrage/Diskussion über unzureichende Aufzugsgrößen im ÖPNV:
Berlin
- Data Dive: Cycling data in Berlin - Overview of available Open Data related to Cycling in Berlin by Technologiestiftung Berlin.
- Bike Counters - Map of all bike counters with basic reporting. Data from previous years is also offered as download on VLB's web page.
(Hint: You can get the raw data from the system to do your own visualization as well. There are also differnt libraries available on Github to process data from the "Eco-Counter" system.)
- Visualisation of Bike Counter Data by the Technologiestiftung Berlin Lab
- Radzählstellen in Berlin
- Rhythmus der Straße - Analysis and visualization of the data from Berlin’s counting stations. The data can be explored based on different temporal inputs (e.g., looking at the data by month/year, or by type of day/time of day), meaning you can see for yourself how bike traffic waxes and wanes based on different factors.
- Streuplan 2018/19 - List of streets with highest priority for winter service (Einsatzstufe 1 nach StrReinG §3 Absatz 5)
- Tempo 30 würde Fahrzeiten kaum erhöhen Auf vielen Straßen in Berlin würde tagsüber Tempo 30 kaum die Fahrzeiten erhöhen: Zu sehen sind Straßenabschnitte, wo aktuell zwar Tempo 50 gilt, aber in der Realität (Uber-Daten 2019Q2) nicht viel schneller als Tempo 30 gefahren wird/gefahren werden kann. In diesem Projekt wurden die Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeiten von Uber-Fahrzeugen aus dem Q2 2019 OSM-Strassenabschnitten zugeordent. Anschließend wurden nur Strassenabschnitten visualisiert, auf denen Tempo 50 gilt (maxspeed=50) und tatsächlich nur <33km/h gefahren wird.
- Bußgelder für Falschparker (Köln) Bußgelder für Falschparker (in Köln) sind sehr gering. Fast 3/4 der Vergehen kosten nur 10 oder 15 Euro. Einnahmen abzügl. der Verwaltungskosten überschaubar und Verhaltensanpassung der Falschparker fraglich. Was ist der öffentlich Raum eigentlich wert?
- InfraVelo: Karte mit den Radprojekten
- car-tagging-data-berlin: This repo is about the data collected by volunteers using a map tagging tool which was developed to tag cars on aerial images from the city of Berlin
- Verkehrsunfaelle-in-berlin-auf-einer-karte: The analysis of all accidents in which people had accidents in 2019
- infravelo.de/karte: This map shows projects from infraVelo and the Berlin districts that are currently being actively worked on or that have been completed after 2016
- „Digitale Plattform Stadtverkehr Berlin“ (DPS Berlin) – Open Data: Open Traffic Data for Berlin.
- https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/verkehr/verkehrspolitik/forschungs-und-entwicklungsprojekte/laufende-projekte/digitale-plattform-stadtverkehr-1099960.php
- https://daten.berlin.de/kategorie/verkehr
- Pressemitteilung 20210930 Neue Daten und neue Technik bringen mehr Verkehrsinformationen für Berlin
- Polizei Berlin - Karte der Direktionen und Abschnitte
- Fahrraddiebstähle in Berlin - Daten - Twitter https://twitter.com/DiebstahlBerlin
Germany
- Mobilität in Tabellen - Tool to analyze data from the survey and report "Mobilität in Deutschland (MiD) 2017" by BMVI.
- Unfallatlas - Map and data download of accidents with personal injuries.
- MunichWays visualization and analyzes of all major roads in Munich according to the traffic light principle. (code), (map)
- Falschparker-Karte Map about illegal parking in Germany as reported by citizens via Wegeheld app and weg-li.de website.
- unfallatlas.statistikportal.de: The Accident Atlas contains accidents with personal injury. Accidents involving only material damage are not shown
- Bundeseinheitlicher Tatbestandskatalog (Bußgeldkatalog) in lesbarer Form:
Global
- Mobility Data Specification - A data standard and API specification for mobility as a service providers, such as Dockless Bikeshare, E-Scooters, and Shared Ride providers who work within the public right of way. Developed by the City of Los Angeles.
- The Arrogance of Space Mapping Tool - Upload an aerial or satellite photo from your city - an intersection or neighbourhood - and start mapping how much space is allocated to cars, pedestrians and bikes. See also https://twitter.com/colvilleandersn/status/1197537645657829379 and https://medium.com/@colville_andersen/the-arrogance-of-space-93a7419b0278
Meetups
OSM-Verkehrswende Meetups
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Berlin/Verkehrswende
Berlin Datacycle Meetup Slides and Links
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Datacycle-Meetup-Fahrraddaten-fur-Berlin/
No. 4 - 19.06.2019, CityLab
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Moritz Metz – selbst durchgeführten Geschwindigkeitsmessungen am "Friedel-Speedway"
- Blogpost
- Moritz' eigene Messdaten (Google Docs)
- PDF Messdaten Bezirk Neukölln, http://moritzmetz.de/upload/friedelspeed-geschwindigkeitsmessungen-bezirk.pdf
- https://github.com/pageauc/speed-camera
- Android "Speed Radar Cam", https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=androix.com.android.SpeedRadarCam&hl=de
- iOS "SpeedClock", https://apps.apple.com/de/app/speedclock-laserpistole/id400876654
- Weitere Apps und Tools
- Über Moritz, http://moritzmetz.de/
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Long Range [Wide Area Network (WAN)]
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fLotte – "Bike Sharing" und Daten erzählen, https://flotte-berlin.de/cb-items/lotte/ – Tweet mit Foto vom Proof Of Concept
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David Bermbach, TU, Smartphone-App SimRa – Daten von Radfahrenden sammeln und Gefahrensituationen erkennen
- (Siehe auch oben in der Liste.)
- https://www.mcc.tu-berlin.de/menue/forschung/projekte/simra/
- https://github.com/simra-project/
No. 3 - 15.01.2019, betterplace.org
- Bike Citizens - Cycle routing app for commuters in cities and analysis platform for traffic engineers and urbanists.
- Tagesspiegel Radmesser - Update - Update
- Entdeckungsreise: Fahrradthemen in OpenStreetMap - A curated list of topics that build on with OpenstreetMap.
- FixMyBerlin-Daten - Latest http://fixmyberlin.de/ API updates
No. 2 - 23.10.2018, Motion.Lab
- Tagesspiegel Radmesser - Update
- Input for claiming Open Data related to cycling in Berlin (no slides)
- Boréal Bikes - Research bike Holoscene X with sensors, signal processing and AI based on concepts from the automotive industry
- Bike ShakeL - Erschütterungsmessung mit Arduino (no slides yet)
- Fahrradwetter
- Visual Count - Counting traffic with video camera and machine learning
No. 1 - 21.08.2018, Tagesspiegel
- Tagesspiegel Radmesser - 1st presentation
- FixMyBerlin - 1st presentation
- Map of bike accidents in Berlin 2017 - extracted from PDF based Berlin Police reports with a parser