london’s barclays cycle hire: innovative usages of data by third-party developers
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
London’s Barclays Cycle Hire
Innovative Usages of Data by Third-Party Developers
Oliver O’Brien
Research Associate
UCL CASA
UCL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SPATIAL ANALYSIS
OBIS Project Meeting – 3 March 2011
London’s Barclays Cycle Hire - Timeline
30 July 2010 Scheme launches
2 August 2010 Adrian Short releases “Boris Bikes API”
8 October 2010 1 million journeys made
3 December 2010 Scheme opens for “casual use”
5 January 2011 Flow data on first 1.4 million journeys
released by Transport for London
1 February 2011 2.5 million journeys made
Adrian Short’s “Boris Bikes API”
• API = “Application Programming Interface”
• http://borisapi.heroku.com/
• Available as XML, JSON, CSV or KML
Sachin Handiekar’s “TfL Cycle Hire API”
• http://www.bike-stats.co.uk/
• Available as XML, JSON, CSV or YAML
Flow Data Release
Review of APIs for Some Schemes in Europe
External Use of Data API NO API
Explicitly AllowedRennes
Vienna
London
Implicitly Allowed
Saragossa Bordeaux
Barcelona
Milan
Rome
Dijon
Implicitly Not Allowed Cardiff
Explicitly Not Allowed
Paris
Dublin
Brussels
Valencia
Seville
Stockholm
Turin
Review of APIs for Some Schemes Worldwide
External Use of Data API NO API
Explicitly AllowedRennes
Vienna
Washington DC London
Implicitly Allowed
Saragossa Montreal
Melbourne
Minneapolis
Miami Beach
Rio de Janeiro
Bordeaux
Barcelona
Milan
Rome
Dijon
Mexico City
Denver
Implicitly Not Allowed Cardiff Adelaide
Explicitly Not Allowed
Paris
Dublin
Brussels
Valencia
Seville
Stockholm
Toyama Turin Shanghai
Why Release Data to Third Party Developers?
• Creation of applications to help users plan
journey from office/home or while on bike
• Visualisations and analysis which increase the
profile and “public goodwill” of the scheme
– Newspaper articles
– Higher profile on search engines
• Tourists more likely to discover scheme before arriving
• Another tangible benefit to the public
Why Do Third Parties Use Data?
• As a business
– To make money from “apps”
• To increase their profile
• For the public good
– Because they love their city
• Academic research
– Transport modelling
• To hold the scheme to account
What Data can be Released?
• Near-live (~1 minute)
– Docking station status
• Name
• Numeric ID
• Location as latitude/longitude
• Current number of available bikes
• Current number of available spaces
• Historical
– Flow data
Online Digital Mapping Providers
• OpenStreetMap
Online Digital Mapping Providers
• CycleStreets
iPhone and Android Apps
• London Cycle Deluxe
• London Cycle Maps and
Routes/London Cycle Pro
• Cycle Hire
• London Cycle Pro
• Bike Hub Cycle Journey Planner
• London Tube
• BlueLanes Cycle Hire App
• London Bike
• Bixou/Bixou Lite
• Cyclo
• Spotcycle
• iFindBikes
• iLondonCycle
• Boris Bikes
• Yell for Bikes
• Cycle Hire Widget/Lite
• Just BikeIT London
• Boris Bikes Live
• London Cycle Hire LIVE
iPhone Apps
London Cycle Cycle Hire Live
iPhone Apps – Augmented Reality
BlueLanes London Tube (Presslite)
Android Apps – Cycle Hire Widget
Android Apps – Cycle Hire Widget
• Links with “Live View” gadget
Visualisations – Docking Station States
Visualisations – Docking Station Changes
Visualisations – Flows: Journey Times
Visualisations – Flows: Weekdays
Visualisations – Flows: Weekends
Visualisations – Flows on Optimal Routes
Visualisations – Flows on Optimal Routes
A Bit of Analysis – Docking Station Graphs
A Bit of Analysis – Distribution Balance
Academic Research
Thanks!
Oliver O’Brien
http://casa.ucl.ac.uk/
http://www.oliverobrien.co.uk/
p1 photo by ChodHound - http://flic.kr/p/9aJezh
p11, 12, 14, 18-24 Images contain OpenStreetMap data CC-By-
SA OpenStreetMap and contributors –
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
p12, 14 CycleStreets background cartography design by
Cloudmade.
p15 Photos of London Tube from Pressliteapps video.
p16-17 Cycle Hire Widget is written by Little Fluffy Toys.
p17 Photos from London Cyclist Blog and Appbrain.
p20 Average Journey Time map from James Cheshire –
http://spatialanalysis.org.uk/
p23 Greyscale routed flow map by Demeter Sztanko –
http://borisbikes.saltaku.com/
p24 Visualisation in conjunction with Martin Austiwick –
http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/
p25 Docking station graphs by Aidan Slingsby –
http://gicentre.org/tfl_bikes/