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Title: KappoBike wants to make ride tracking fun and turn data into better cycle lanes too Post by: HCK on December 13, 2014, 03:00:19 am KappoBike wants to make ride tracking fun and turn data into better cycle lanes too
<article> <section class="page"> <p>The KappoBike (http://www.kappo.bike/) cycling app for Android and iOS tracks rides and encourages cycling with a fun leader board of app users—and sells aggregate data to city authorities to help them plan and improve cycling facilities.</p><p>That could be good news all around, because research has repeatedly shown that more cyclists on the road are associated with improved cyclist safety (http://www.ctc.org.uk//sites/default/files/ctc_safety_in_numbers_0.pdf).</p><p>By turning cycling into a game, KappoBike aims to attract new cyclists hoping to make their daily commutes more fun, rather than just leisure and sports cyclists.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2858772/kappobike-wants-to-make-ride-tracking-fun-and-turn-data-into-better-cycle-lanes-too.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: KappoBike wants to make ride tracking fun and turn data into better cycle lanes too (http://www.macworld.com/article/2858772/kappobike-wants-to-make-ride-tracking-fun-and-turn-data-into-better-cycle-lanes-too.html#tk.rss_all) |