BiKE Broward

An Interactive Web Application for Broward County Bicycle Trip Planning

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Tutorial

1. Locations

or Select locations on the Map: Click on the map to place point(s).
Click button to turn this mode off. toggle select locations mode
Clear Selected Locations Done Selecting Locations

2. Route Type

  • This selection is solely based on the trip length.

    Depending on your origin and destination the route presented may direct you along roads with high traffic volumes and no bicycle facilities. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the route using the tools in the Layers and the Map drop down menus available within this planner. Consider the suggested route a starting point for your route planning effort. If possible, before bicycling it, drive the route during the same hours and days you plan to ride it.

  • This selection is based on the length of a road segment and waiting times for turns at controlled intersections. The selected cycling speed is considered in the routing algorithm and the directions.

    Depending on your starting point and destination the route presented may direct you along roads with high traffic volumes and no bicycle facilities. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the route using the tools in the Layers and the Map drop down menus available within this planner. Consider the suggested route a starting point for your route planning effort. If possible, before bicycling it, drive the route during the same hours and days you plan to ride it.

  • This selection compares possible routes and calculates the route with the least amount of interaction with traffic.

    Typically this will find routes using primarily local streets as well as busier roads however, because of the way the County is laid out and depending on your starting point and destination the route presented may be along roads with high traffic volumes and no bicycle facilities. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the route using the tools in the Layers and the Map drop down menus available within this planner. Consider the suggested route a starting point for your route planning effort. If possible, before bicycling it, drive the route during the same hours and days you plan to ride it.

  • This selection minimizes the number of left, right and U turn turns along a route and is likely to route along major roads.

    Depending on your starting point and destination the route presented may direct you along roads with high traffic volumes and no bicycle facilities. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the route using the tools in the Layers and the Map drop down menus available within this planner. Consider the suggested route a starting point for your route planning effort. If possible, before bicycling it, drive the route during the same hours and days you plan to ride it.

  • This selection places a higher value on routes that take you past lakes, open spaces and parks and a lower value on busier roads. This selection typically results in a more circuitous route.

    Depending on your starting point and destination the route presented may direct you along roads with high traffic volumes and no bicycle facilities. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the route using the tools in the Layers and the Map drop down menus available within this planner. Consider the suggested route a starting point for your route planning effort. If possible, before bicycling it, drive the route during the same hours and days you plan to ride it.

Travel speed: m.p.h.

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3. Directions

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Are you planning to actually make a bicycle trip between the selected trip origin and destination?
Yes No, I am just testing the trip planner
Why are we asking this?We will use this information to identify corridors of high bicycle use.                    Don't ask me again

Survey (Optional)

What is the purpose of this bicycle trip?

At which time of day will you make this trip?

How frequently will you use this route?

Did the route directions make sense to you?
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About BiKE Broward | Disclaimer

About BiKE Broward

This route planner, funded by the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), is a joint effort by Florida International University GIS Center and University of Florida Geomatics Program at Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. It is designed as a planning tool for bicyclists. Assistance was received from the Broward County Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee and various cyclists and transportation professionals.

Disclaimer

It is the purpose of this route planning tool to provide users with a selection of possible routes that may fit their needs and skill level. The routes proposed should not be considered a recommendation that one route is safer than another. A user of this planner should consider these routes a starting point for route planning. The routes are determined by using computer algorithms based on a variety of features that affect bicycling and an individual’s choice in routes. The safety of a bicyclist is based on their own skills and abilities.

The Broward MPO, the organizations and individuals involved in the development of this map assume no liability for the personal safety of individuals using this route planner. The persons and organizations involved in the development of this map in no way warrant the safety of the roadways or facilities on this map for use of bicyclists. All of the roadways shown are used by automobiles and trucks. Bicyclists assume the risks of their own safety when using the roadways and/or bicycle facilities indicated on this map. The Broward MPO, individuals and organizations involved in developing this planner shall not be held responsible for any damages whatsoever arising from its use.