Gauteng Everyday Transport research

[cat-i]

If you have an android phone and commute by bicycle, maybe you'd like to help with research doen on how joburg moves every day.

 

Download the app and track your moves from 15 October to 15 December

Who knows, maybe it helps with making commuting friendlier.

 

Details here: 

http://www.gcro.ac.za/media/redactor_files/myJoziMoves_Synopsis.pdf

 

 

 

[Catatonic_Joe]

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[Pulse]

No iOS?

Any other way of joining?

[cat-i]

Came across this article yesterday:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234091630662X

 

Using Strava to analyse cycling movement in Johannesburg.

 

- Interesting observation that the lower-income groups don't cycle ... considering the profile of the usual strava-users.

- Also interesting the big jump in October and November - wondering how much of this can be attributed to 97.7? The big number in January probably more related to new years resolutions that training for the Cape Town cycle race - otherwise the trend would have continued in February.

- Very encouraging to see the number of commuting trips (not sure of what the definition of 'commuting' would be)

[Flemish Lion]

Came across this article yesterday:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234091630662X

 

Using Strava to analyse cycling movement in Johannesburg.

 

- Interesting observation that the lower-income groups don't cycle ... considering the profile of the usual strava-users.

- Also interesting the big jump in October and November - wondering how much of this can be attributed to 97.7? The big number in January probably more related to new years resolutions that training for the Cape Town cycle race - otherwise the trend would have continued in February.

- Very encouraging to see the number of commuting trips (not sure of what the definition of 'commuting' would be)

 

My commuting trips are training so not listed as Strava Commute. So definitely under reading.

[shaper]

Doubt the true cycling commuting low income will be on or have strava, so not going to be a true representation

[cat-i]

My commuting trips are training so not listed as Strava Commute. So definitely under reading.

 

Dont know what their definition of commuting is.

Maybe if the start and end is different places, and the afternoon start where the morning ride ended? But they don't mention this in the paper, so can't make assumptions. The commuting were much higher than I expected - possible that more people are using commuting as training. 

[Flemish Lion]

Dont know what their definition of commuting is.

Maybe if the start and end is different places, and the afternoon start where the morning ride ended? But they don't mention this in the paper, so can't make assumptions. The commuting were much higher than I expected - possible that more people are using commuting as training. 

 

No idea.

 

One can commute to work, to friends to a shop.... I suppose any distance counts as commuting.

 

My mom used to commute to work in Belgium and she definitely didn't use Strava

[RocknRolla]

Perhaps one needs to get some stats students to count cyclists ( commuting and otherwise) on arterial roads.

 

Other than that, whatever "research" is done via an app will be under reading

 

 

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[Sitting@89]

Strava has the option to tag any activity as a commute, however it would be a mistakn on any survey to assume that all (or even most) commutes are tagged as such. Again though mistaken assumption is the favored approach of almost any survey.