There are many reasons planners like to combine Strava Metro data with their bike counter data. The two most common reasons are: 1) to find out what share of the biking population Strava Metro represents 2) to create expansion factors, so that they can use Strava Metro to analyze across…

As a woman and a long-time bike commuter, I’ve always been curious about how I experience being on the road differently than others. Unfortunately there are good reasons to think that my experience might be different simply because of my gender. We already know that gender has a big influence…

As we approach the switch to Daylight Savings Time in the US, I was inspired to write about biking in the winter. Even though it will soon be lighter in the evenings, here in New Hampshire we still have at least another month of cold temperatures and snowy/icy/slushy conditions. I…

As Utah DOT moves to institutionalize complete streets policy and standardize the consideration of active transportation in its project scoping, Strava Metro is proving essential. The agency uses Strava data to see “where people are riding so we can prioritize our infrastructure investment,” says Utah DOT Active Transportation Manager Heidi…

In Oakville, Ontario, transportation planners are using Strava Metro data both to map out the location of new bike lanes and to defend those bike lanes after implementation. Oakville is a Toronto suburb with nearly 200,000 residents. …

This story originally appeared in the Strava Metro Online Community. As some of you may know, I started riding a road bike back in 2013. At the suggestion of my boyfriend, Rob, I bought a used bike from the local bike shop here in Lebanon, NH. Shortly thereafter, I moved…

Rapides Parish is located in the geographical center of Louisiana and has a population of 131,613. Alexandria, the largest city in Rapides Parish, is a high-density urban area of 27 square miles. Much of the rest of the parish consists of rural, low-density development and single-family homes. Eighty-three percent of…

In 2013, MetroPlan Orlando became one of the first planning agencies in the world to use Strava Metro data to make better decisions about where to improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. …