Projects/BikeSpot
BikeSpot
Australia’s largest active-travel crowd map: riders naming where they feel safe and unsafe.
- Client
- Amy Gillett Foundation / Bicycle Network & partners
- Role
- Product design, CrowdSpot delivery, national campaigns
- Partners
- Bicycle Network · State bicycle orgs · ALGA and road safety partners
3
Campaign waves
72,000+
2023 submissions
National
Latest coverage
Challenge
Safety is the biggest barrier to riding. Research cited on BikeSpot notes that 78% of people are interested in cycling but are only comfortable in protected lanes. Councils needed community evidence on perceived risk, not only crash stats.
Approach
BikeSpot crowdsourced perceptions of cycling safety on CrowdSpot across three campaigns — growing from metropolitan Melbourne, to statewide Victoria, then the first national BikeSpot.
Outcome
BikeSpot 2023 alone gathered over 72,000 submissions (19 Oct 2023 – 31 Jan 2024), with national, NSW, and Greater Bendigo reporting. The archive map keeps the evidence public for infrastructure priorities.
Campaigns
2016
BikeSpot Melbourne
The first BikeSpot mapped perceived cycling safety across metropolitan Melbourne, comparing community risk with crash data.
- 2,400+ spots (early wave)
- Metro Melb Coverage
2020
BikeSpot Victoria
Expanded statewide across Victoria, giving councils and advocates a broader picture of where riders feel safe and unsafe.
- 7,100+ spots
- Victoria Coverage
2023
BikeSpot National
The first national BikeSpot — Australia-wide submissions informing infrastructure and policy conversations, with public archive access.
- 72,000+ submissions
- National Coverage
Showcase & media
- BikeSpot.org — 2023 results →
Key results, reports, and archive access.