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#PBR: Personalized Bike Routing

Bike routing as an alternative to commercial providers.

##Goals

• Install OSRM
• Create a custom routing profile
• Allow end users to create a custom routing profile

##Installing OSRM

• Check out the installation guide specific to this project

For general installation, try the following:

• Introduction to OSRM by Lauren Budorick
• DigitalOcean tutorial to install on Ubuntu
• Installing on Heroku
• Save Chicago OpenStreetMap planet extract
• Show encoded polylines on Leaflet

##Resources

• Alternative programs to OSRM
• https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki

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##Profiles

• Default bicycle profile (called .lua files)
• Default pedestrian profile

###Avoidances and Preferences

• Heavy bus routes via CTA ridership data; actually, if the bus's average speed matches the bicyclist (because then it would mean that the bicyclist and the bus are tracking each other)
• Construction areas via Public Way Closures and rough grooved areas
• Open metal grate bridges
• Certain kinds of intersections
• Intersections that have slip lanes and no bike lanes
• Traffic signals are better than stops where "cross traffic does not stop"
• Tree cover to find shaded routes
• Prefer park paths
• Avoiding certain land uses (industrial) - there's a blog post or tutorial about this
• "Scenic" flag, to bike along rivers, lakes
• Lane width
• Cool shopping areas