From Bacteria to Bikes – Quantitative Cycling Research in Toronto

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After a PhD in biophysics, Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher turned her hobby into her job as a data scientist quantifying the impacts of cycling infrastructure in Canadian cities. Join her to discuss advocacy, citizen science, and the latest research on cycling in Toronto.

Post Presentation Notes:

• I mentioned open code to calculate Level of Traffic Stress yesterday - Madeleine’s python code that calculates LTS using Open Street Map data https://github.com/mbonsma/LTS-OSM/. 
• My code is modified from Bike Ottawa’s great LTS map, and they also have a route planner based on LTS: https://maps.bikeottawa.ca/planner/web/
• People For Bikes in the US uses a version of Level of Traffic Stress to do their city rankings: https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/about/methodology