About the App

What is it?

A app to see cycle paths and docking stations overlaid on google maps.

Why?

Meet Dave.

He is 29 and works near Waterloo.

Dave is meeting up with Tony, an old rugby friend, in a pub in Chelsea.  Dave is fed up of the Tube and decides to pay £1 to use the Barclays bikes.

After work dave opens up the app and quickly sees there are many docking stations nearby and they all have plenty of bikes.

Dave then moves the map southwest towards Chelsea.  He stops because he has noticed a thick blue line on Milbank.  Thick blue lines are cycle Superhighways, which are great for cycling on.  He notes the positions of some other cycle paths and quickly decides to take Lambeth bridge.  He had originally planned to go though Westminster, however, he now knows Lambeth bridge will be a much easier journey.

Dave pans the map on to the Chelsea area.  He immediately sees there are 4 spaces to park at Flood street.  Failing that there are 10 more on Cale street.

Dave locks his phone and starts his journey.


So Dave noticed that there was a cycle friendly route whilst using the app.  Dave has relatively little patients for apps.  He would not have done this:

• Opened up a journey planner ...
• Entered his starting location ...
• Typed in his destination ...
• Tapped calculate ...
• Waited ...
• Waited some more ...
• Viewed his cycle optimised journey

Using my app Dave saw a nice route without even trying.  Thats why I made it.