Strava Metro makes riding, running, and walking in cities better. Millions of people upload their rides and runs to Strava every week via their smartphone or GPS device. Metro anonymizes and aggregates this data and then partners with departments of transportation and city planning groups to improve infrastructure for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Metro data enables deep analysis of cyclist and pedestrian activity including popular or avoided routes, peak commute times, intersection wait times, and origin/destination zones. Metro processes this data for compatibility with geographic information system (GIS) environments. Key features include:
Hourly activity counts across your entire network
Understand activity starting and ending points, by region
Activity counts and wait times at every intersection
Over 100 transportation planning departments around the world use Strava Metro to improve their bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Here are a few inspiring examples of groups partnering with Metro to make a direct impact on active transportation in their area.
In 2015, Seattle added Metro data to its portfolio of traditional bicyclist and traffic data (surveys and bike counts). By combining these data sources, the city has been able to gain new insights on preferred bicyclist routes and characteristics of dangerous intersections.
Over the past 13 years, Queensland, Australia has built hundreds of kilometers of safe, direct and connected bicycling and pedestrian routes. In 2014, Queensland began working with Strava Metro to inform its strategy to build more bike routes and improve the ones that already exist.
Learn how Florida was able to incorporate Strava Metro data into its statewide planning for uses ranging from prioritization of street cleaning to bike safety enhancements.
The Town of Oakville, a suburb of Toronto, has an active population and wants the number of trips taken via bicycle or on foot in town to double by 2031. To help meet this specific target, and the broader goal of a more livable town, Oakville partnered with Strava Metro in the fall of 2015 to inform its plans to build and improve cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
Learn how Rapides Parish partnered with Strava Metro to better understand cycling and pedestrian behavior in the region as part of their long-range transportation plan and a separate bicycle and pedestrian plan.
