Anonymous trove offered to help urban planners cope with expected post-plague bike boom
Exercise-tracking app Strava, notorious for inadvertently revealing the location of military bases, will share a four-billion-record-strong dataset generated by its users in the name of assisting cities to plan for expected post-pandemic bicycle and walking booms. An email sent to users over the weekend reminded users that Strava doesn’t just let them record their bike rides and track personal best efforts, but also sells the resulting data to urban planners as a product called “Metro” that’s touted as just the thing to inform development decisions about cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
