Transport for London are building a detailed Cycle Infrastructure Database

Hi all. TfL have now posted a mini consultation on their tech forum. This includes a view of the data and the database schema (Excel file). They are particularly interested in which data should be exposed in their Unified API.

https://techforum.tfl.gov.uk/t/your-feedback-on-future-comprehensive-cycling-infrastructure-data/840

Things are moving on with this. The following message has been cross-posted from
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2019-May/022893.html :

Transport for London (TfL) have created a new database of cycling infrastructure, containing 240,000 assets, covering all of Greater London.

This groundbreaking database contains every cycle infrastructure asset within Greater London, including assets on and off-carriageway. The assets surveyed are: cycle parking; signals; signage; traffic calming measures; restricted points (e.g. steps); advanced stop lines; crossings; cycle lanes/tracks; and restricted routes (e.g. pedestrian only routes).

TfL is keen to make this available to the OpenStreetMap community under a compatible open license, to ensure maximum use of the CID. TfL is also potentially willing to consider tool development to help facilitate sensitive merging in of this data.

There is a new Wiki page, giving full details, at:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TfL_Cycling_Infrastructure_Database

Demonstrator map:

A demonstrator map, for the purposes only of evaluation by the OSM community at this stage, has been created by CycleStreets.

This demonstrator map contains only one of the 25 areas that have been surveyed.

We are specifically seeking comments on data quality and usefulness of this data from the OSM community. Initial analysis by CycleStreets is that the data is of excellent quality, and very suitable for conflation into OSM, to increase both comprehensiveness and metadata quality.

https://tflcid.cyclestreets.net/
(Use the controls on the right to change feature type.)

Usage notes: The controls on the right of the map allow the different feature types to be selected. The OSM layer (available at zoom level 19+) also provides a live feed from the OSM API, to enable quick comparisons. The two photos of each asset are in the process of being supplied; those already available and cleared in GDPR terms are included in the popup.

It is stressed that at this point, no permission is given for re-use of the data in any way, but TfL strongly intends to make this available in future. All 25 areas would be covered in the final data release, not merely the one shown currently in the demonstrator map.

Feedback is very strongly encouraged, as soon as possible. What are people's thoughts?

Thanks Martin. For some odd reason when I clicked into here I found a fully written draft linking to your message but I had failed to click "post". Ah well - better late than never.

Can I ask: how are you getting on with the project? Have you received much feedback?