NolaCycle is a project aimed to create a high quality cycling map of New Orleans. Cycling maps include information beyond just streets and their names that benefits cyclists. In our map, we highlight the pavement quality, car travel speed, lane width, and special caution areas (busy intersections, man-eating potholes, or high accident areas). Volunteers help to collect this data by attending mapping events.
The information is then digitized to make a map of the data we collected to help cyclists - young, old, local, and tourist alike - navigate New Orleans.

Check out the blog for updates on the project, ways to get involved, and volunteer mapping events!

If you have questions, feel free to make a public comment on the blog entry or e-mail us directly at info@nolacycle.com.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

NolaCycle GIS shapefiles, posters, papers, and powerpoints to help you with your bicycle mapping projects

After some digging around, we've recovered the GIS files for the NolaCycle map (current as of April 1, 2010).  I've posted these, and some other documents people might find informative, online at https://sites.google.com/a/nolacycle.com/nolacycle-files/.  Graduate students, planner, and bicycle advocates, please feel free to use these documents to help you with your projects.  If anyone is interested in using our data for a commercial project, such as a mobile app, please email me at lauren(at)nolacycle.com for special permission, as I would require you to make some donations to local bicycle organizations in exchange. 

We're working on getting some things fixed on the NolaCycle Map site so we can download the database again to use the updated information (though it's not very current either).  If anyone is interested in a login to the NolaCycle map site to do updates in their neighborhood, let us know.

Crowd-sourced bicycle mapping has come a long way since NolaCycle started in 2008.  If you're interested in checking out some cool new projects that harness the power of smartphones, look into Hit the Pothole and CycleTracks.

If you'd like an up-to-date map of official bicycle routes in New Orleans, Bike Easy's Bike Map and Guide to Safe Cycling is available online as a PDF.

Thanks for all your help and support over the years! 
Posted by Lauren at 2:41 PM
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    http://www.thepotholereport.com

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