Cycling in Brisbane Australia
Citycycle data map
Not sure if anyone has seen this yet, (or if someone here made it :p), but I came across this very cool google maps interface that shows available city cycle stations
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Permalink Reply by Raymond on -
I like it. Seems to have some nice touches and already appears to work better than any of the other maps with included CityCycle data. They should just hire this guy to redo the whole CityCycle website. :p
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Permalink Reply by Doc Embrey on -
Very good - it makes the extent of the stations very clear. Reminds me that I haven't done a "Six Bridges CityCycle Dash" this year yet, but I see with the (forthcoming?) station at the University of Queensland could easily be a "Seven Bridges CityCycle Dash with a Small Riverloop" ... probably fit it in sometime after the bicycle horse-hockey game I guess ... also wonder if one of the criterium tracks is less than 15-minutes away ... where does one look to see when they are free?
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Permalink Reply by StephenW on -
Thanks for the tip. Just added a link to my Android phone (bring up the web page -> Menu Button -> More -> Add shortcut to Home), and it works well. Now if they could only add stations up on Gregory Terrace, and near Bowen Hills station.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Bentley on -
Just wondering what the 3 different colours mean? Green, Orange & Red?
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Permalink Reply by Ben on -
Hey Mike,
The colours indicate bicycle availabity.
Red means nothing available.
Orange means very few.
Green means heaps are there.
Not sure how they get this data though.
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Permalink Reply by StephenW on
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Would be handy if there was an indicator for 'station full'. A succesful trip requires an available bike at the start, and an available docking station at the end.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Martin on -
The Phone apps do just this.
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Permalink Reply by StephenW on
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Yes, if you click on the station. I was thinking equivalent to 'Orange means very few' bicycles left. Say, 'Purple means very few empty docking stations'.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Martin on
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The App (Bixou) for the Bixi-style bikes (ie. Melbourne Bike Share) as opposed to the Vélib-style bikes (CityCycle) is much better.
Each station is represented by a circle. The diameter of the circle indicates the number of docks present. The density of the circle indicates how full it is.
So a small pale circle is a station with few docks but some bikes (and free spaces available). A large solid red circle signifies a large (but full) station and an empty circle signals that no bikes are available.
It is the best system in my opinion. It requires no further 'drilling down' to get the information you need (ie. bike/dock availability).
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Permalink Reply by Paul Stockwell on -
Didn't realise there were so many CityCycle stations.
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Permalink Reply by Shaun Moran on -
Still amazes me though how there is none in Spring Hill (or around central station for that matter).
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Permalink Reply by Paul Stockwell on
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That's actually kind of my point - there are a lot of stations very close together, but not very good coverage in places that can certainly be classed as "City".
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