Camcycle Community Street Counts

Apply now to join our team of citizen scientists!

Camcycle, with the support of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, is looking for local people who would like to better understand their streets in order to inform future changes in their communities. This pilot project uses Telraam sensors to count and analyse traffic data.

The Telraam sensors continuously monitor a street from a first or second floor window, providing useful data on various modes of transport, including motorised vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, and more. The sensors join together as part of a network to create the opportunity for dialogue between traffic planners, local authorities and their most affected communities – the people who live on and use these streets – by turning traffic counting into an open-access citizen science project.

The high-quality, continuous and real-time traffic data collected helps to create a detailed picture of traffic issues and opportunities on a street, supporting community campaigns for improvements to walking, wheeling, cycling and public space.

We're looking for people who can host a sensor for at least a year to:

•  Gain insight into current and ongoing traffic volumes: changes (increase/decrease) in vehicle traffic, ratios between the different modes of transport, potential for walking and cycling, number of movements per direction of travel etc.

•  Establish a traffic baseline for assessing future street improvements

•  Monitor the impact of existing local and regional transport interventions

•. Capture data to showcase the importance of local sustainable transport links. 

Please complete the application form before 4 April for the chance to be part of Camcycle's Community Street Count network. Include as much detail as possible so we can assess the scale of opportunity: applications will be assessed on the suitability of the suggested window location and the impact the data collection could have on the successful delivery or continuation of street improvements.