class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Bicycle Network Analysis for assessing cyclability ### Lorena Abad ### 2020-09-24 --- ## What is the Bicycle Network Analysis? .pull-left[  Developed by [PeopleForBikes](https://peopleforbikes.org/) for the U.S. ] .pull-right[ ### How well the **<span style="color:#009ACD;">bike network</span>** in a community connects people with the **<span style="color:#009ACD;">places they want to go</span>**. ] --- ## What is the Bicycle Network Analysis? Levels of Traffic Stress .center[] --- ## What is the Bicycle Network Analysis? Classification criteria based on OpenStreetMap .center[] --- ## What is the Bicycle Network Analysis? Destinations scoring criteria .pull-left[] .pull-right[] --- ## Lisbon case study .center[[](https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/9/11/287)] --- ## Lisbon case study - Available cycleways in 2018 <img src="bna-presentation_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-4-1.png" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Lisbon case study - Level of cycling stress <img src="bna-presentation_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-5-1.png" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Lisbon case study - Destinations <img src="bna-presentation_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-6-1.png" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Lisbon case study - BNA per grid cell <img src="bna-presentation_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-7-1.png" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- ## Lisbon case study - BNA per municipality <img src="bna-presentation_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-8-1.png" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- Overall result: 8.6 out of a 100! --- class: center, middle ## BNA validation -- ### Is the BNA score truely representing bicycle network connectivity? --  --- ## BNA validation - conclusions - More people bike if there is a low stress network connecting their origin to their destination... -- ... but only by a marginal difference! -- - People don't seem to be biking to the destinations the BNA score considers... -- ... hence, destinations should be reconsidered and adapted according to city context. -- - Cities with a high BNA score seem to have a higher cycling share!... -- ... but my analysis only included home-to-work trips. --- ## Technology behind - Lisbon case study  --- ## Technology behind - BNA validation case studies .center[] [Link to repo!](https://github.com/loreabad6/masters-thesis-geotech) --- ## Technology behind - Potential improvements... .pull-left[.right[Make it completely **R** based]] -- .pull-right[... using [sfnetworks](https://github.com/luukvdmeer/sfnetworks)!] -- <br><br><br> .pull-left[.center[  ]] -- .pull-right[.center[  ]] -- For more info check the [slides for our webinar](https://sfnetworks.github.io/sfnetworks-webinar/) or the recording [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=ZXTNXsvKYwo&ab_channel=RobinLovelace)! --- class: center, middle, inverse ### Thank you! Contact: <span class="faa-parent animated-hover"><i class="fab fa-twitter faa-wrench " style=" color:white;"></i> [**@loreabad6**](https://twitter.com/loreabad6)</span> <span class="faa-parent animated-hover"><i class="fab fa-github faa-wrench " style=" color:white;"></i> [**loreabad6**](https://github.com/loreabad6)</span> .left[.footnote[Slides powered by [**xaringan**](https://github.com/yihui/xaringan)]]