Welcome to Steven Can Plan. Here’s some stuff I’ve posted recently around the interwebs…
On my other blog, Streetsblog Chicago, I wrote about how we need to do a better job counting bicyclists.
In Copenhagen, a permanently installed device counts cyclists all day, every day.
And a guy from Brooklyn was visiting his friend in Chicago and was struck by a car whose driver escaped – he spent the night in the hospital for cranial bleeding and went back home on Sunday. The Chicago Police Department is its slow self in getting the lawyer the crash report and witness information.
The scene of the crash.
I issued two updates to the Chicago Bike Guide app for iOS (formerly called Chicago Bike Map) and talked about its new features here and here. Head over to iTunes to buy and download it.
The Chicago Bike Guide includes my burrito recommendations.
Lastly, on this blog, I boasted about how cool it is that anyone can improve OpenStreetMap: I showed you how much I drew to make Willow Creek Community Church appear in South Barrington, Illinois. It was previously an empty space! If you want something changed on OpenStreetMap, I’ll do it for you.
A screenshot shows what I added: parking lots, parking aisles, driveways, retention ponds, and the church building.
That’s the kind of stuff you can expect from me; my tone isn’t always so negative. I also post a lot of articles about GIS, QGIS, and geocoding, but I haven’t in a while.