Cycling in Scotland
Scotland Cycle Journey Planner
Welcome to the Beta launch of the exciting Cycle Journey Planner for Scotland. This is a development of the one that's been running in Cambridge for two years.
The mapping is based on OpenStreetMap which is a relatively new idea where anyone can contribute. Many parts of Scotland, especially Edinburgh, are pretty well mapped but there are still bits missing - local paths, accurate street names etc. It also highlights the fact that any computer generated route planning system will produce anomalies or 'mistakes'.
YOU can improve this by adding to OpenStreetMap or giving direct feedback to the CycleStreets website's developers.
CycleStreets has been made possible because local non-profit cycling promotion business ChangingPace (2008) saw the potential of the work done in Cambridge and persuaded the Scottish Government's Sustainable Transport section to give a small grant (with the help of Cycling Scotland) to develop an Edinburgh version of Cambridge Cycling Campaign's cycle journey planner.
The work done so far, and the development of OpenStreetMap, means that eventually it will be possible to plan journeys almost anywhere.
One feature we hope that you will find useful - every time a route is planned it is given a unique URL (the link at the top of your browser, starting http:// ...). This can be used by you in future or sent to a friend who (for instance) is thinking of cycling to work but doesn't know the best route. It is also possible to view planned routes on mobile phones that have internet access.
Cycling in Scotland
Have a look at www.cyclingscotland.org for more information on cycling in Scotland.
Latest photos of the area
See also a full list of photos in this area.
Photo bomb! While helping to research routes for a Cycling Plus article - here near our highest point between Perth and Dundee.
Bike shop, Perth (bigger than it seems, and the owner looks after the bike needs of Mark Beaumont, local round-the-world record breaker)
Plenty of vacant space between Perth Museum & Art Gallery and Perth Concert Hall (where they were baffled by the mere idea of cycle parking).
Traffic-calming with cycle bypass (although Google Satellite and Street View show cars parked here).
There's a cut-through from the Lade route to the A85 if you can't push your bike over the footbridge
The route from Perth to Luncarty goes onto the roundabout then off it - rather peculiar, but as long as there are traffic lights it will basically work.
Massive hole in the Perth-Luncarty cycle route - how are people meant to get across the road to/from the shared-use path? Even a zebra would help.
U-turn here on NCN route 77, which comes over the bridge from Dundee then dives under it to head north out of Perth.
Cross here to the shared-use footway to reach NCN route 77, the main route north from Perth (I think cyclists should dismount...)
NCN route 77 sign, only visible if you're not actually on route 77. Most cyclists presumably end up on the A85 dual-carriageway.
This gated asphalt road is marked as a No Through Road but in fact allows cyclists to make a superb day ride around Glen Lyon.
@SustransScot Another cycle lane bites the dust at Tay St, Perth. Part of national cycle route network. Thoughts? https://t.co/BProPQLN96 [NCN route 77 passes behind the camera; there's a shared-use link on the footway to the left, but the ... [more]
Many cyclists out enjoying #NCN77. BUT the traffic mostly ignores the signs. Pity. @sustrans @PerthandKinross http://t.co/FNA2R2x5jD
Another missing NCN sign Cycling from Perth to Dundee on NCN77. There should be a sign pointing to the right towards Invergowrie.
Who's not been attacked by a band of marauding red squirrels? Location: , Pitlochry (Scotland, United Kingdom) Just north of Pitlochry.
Tayside Police cycle officers at Pitlochry Highland Games - and very helpful and friendly they were too. They did a magnificent job.
A project originating from Cambridge Cycling Campaign // Hosting kindly helped by Mythic Beasts
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