As we reported last month, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) released an innovative new application for mobile devices that allows users to track their bicycle commuting patterns with a GPS-enabled iPhone or iPod and share those trips with the agency responsible for improving bicycle networks around the city.
Now CycleTracks is compatible on the Android platform, including the Verizon Droid and several models from Sprint
and T-Mobile, which means every major mobile carrier has phones that can run the application.
"The iPhone app has been a great success so far," said Billy Charlton, Deputy Director for Technology Services at the TA, in an email. "We now have more than 1,500 bike trips logged by almost 400 users. That's great, especially since it's been raining a lot the past couple weeks."
Charleton said the TA hadn't run thorough analysis yet of the data, but confirmed that they would like more diverse users.
"I can already tell that we need more women using it, and more infrequent cyclists too," said Charleton. "Those may be hard to find but we're doing what we can."
So now that all you Android users can help, get out there and log some trips, dear readers, and pass this along to your friends!
