HELP MAKE CHARLOTTESVILLE A BETTER PLACE TO BIKE!

Cville Bike mApp uses your phone’s GPS support to record your bicycle trips, display maps of your rides, and help transportation planners make Charlottesville and Albemarle County a better place to bike. At the end of each trip, data representing your trip purpose, route, and the date and time are confidentially sent (see note below) to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). You’ll be helping Charlottesville’s and Albemarle’s transportation planners better understand the needs of cyclists—and you’ll get to see maps and statistics of your rides.

EASY TO USE: Record a bike trip with Cville Bike mApp in two easy steps:

1. Tap the Start Recording button to instantly start recording a bike trip. This will activate the GPS receiver on your phone and begin tracking your ride. You can tap the Pause button to temporarily stop or start receiving GPS updates.
2. Click Finish when you're done with your ride.

Thanks to Android's background-app capability, you don't need to do anything special to keep Cville Bike mApp running. You can put the phone to sleep or use other apps while recording. The small green Cville Bike mApp icon in the notification bar will keep recording your moves.

In order to remind you that the app is running and to save your battery, your phone will ring like a bicycle bell after 15 minutes, and every 5 minutes thereafter. If Cville Bike mApp is running when your battery reaches less than 10% of its charge, the app will automatically stop collecting data and quit.

TRIP PURPOSE AND WEATHER

We're interested in the MAIN purpose for each trip you make. Think about why you are out and about on your bike to begin with. If you're unsure how to categorize a trip, select "Other." You can always attach an explanatory note to your data before transmitting.

The weather information will help us understand that data we complete. If one day show particularly low ridership we can easily check the weather comments to determine if weather was a factor. If the weather is more complex than our options, select “Other.” You can always attach a more detailed comment.

PERSONAL INFO

Tap Menu > Edit User Info. This is completely optional, and, if you choose to participate, only has to be done once. It involves a few basic questions useful to our study. They are optional and confidential.

Thank you for using Cville Bike mApp. mApp it for Better Biking!