As many of my consulting clients know, I ride my bike most of the time to meetings and presentations.  I really enjoy riding around town and credit it for my good health.  Outside of consulting, I’m working on developing BikeSage, a community of streetwise bicyclists inspiring others to ride.

A few months back, I ran into some researchers at UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing working on developing a technology called Biketastic that uses cell phones to track bicycle rides.  Excited about the potential of this being a tool that could help potential cyclists discover routes that other cyclists already use, I volunteered to help test this new program in its development stage.

Nearly 150 rides later, I’ve mapped out all of the routes I ride on a regular basis.  Below is a snapshot of one section of the overall map.  As you can see, the streets I bicycle on are sometimes streets with a lot of traffic, but often quieter side streets with less traffic. 

I look forward to continuing my work with the folks at UCLA to further develop, and hopefully one day launch this exciting application.