BikeSpot
Australia’s largest active-travel crowd map: riders naming where they feel safe and unsafe.
- 3Campaign waves
- 72,000+2023 submissions
- NationalLatest coverage
Challenge
Safety is the biggest barrier to riding. 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. The archive map keeps the evidence public for infrastructure priorities.
In the product
BikeSpot 2023: the national map during the campaign.
Campaigns
2016
BikeSpot Melbourne
The first BikeSpot mapped perceived cycling safety across metropolitan Melbourne, with more than 10 council and agency partners.
- 2,400+spots
- 10+partners
- Metro Melbcoverage
2020
BikeSpot Victoria
Expanded statewide across Victoria with more than 10 partners, giving councils and advocates a broader picture of where riders feel safe and unsafe.
- 7,100+spots
- 10+partners
- Victoriacoverage
2023
BikeSpot National
The first national BikeSpot: Australia-wide submissions informing infrastructure and policy conversations.
- 72,000+submissions
- Nationalcoverage
Awards
- Winner, Cycling Luminary Award (Leadership), We Ride National Awards
- Commendation, Sustainable Transport Award 2024 (ITEANZ)
Showcase and media
- BikeSpot.org: 2023 results →
Key results, reports, and archive access.