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Network Planning Tool for Scotland

The Network Planning Tool for Scotland (NPT Scotland, hosted at www.npt.scot) is a web application for strategic cycle network planning.

Please note: Commute layer results are based on 2011 Census data, and other trip purpose results are based on pre-pandemic data. These model-based estimates may not reflect current patterns which have changed since the pandemic. Updated datasets will be included in future versions.

These results are publicly available, primarily intended for local authorities for evidence-based cycle network planning and investment decisions.

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Place names

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Simplified route network

Trip purpose

Scenario

Network type

Line colour

Filter to:

Cycle trips per day
Gradient (%)
Cycle friendliness (%)

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Automatically-generated coherent network in urban areas connecting key origins and destinations with relatively direct routes.

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Data on existing infrastructure, speed limits, volumes and estimated Cycling Level of Service (LoS), as per the Cycling by Design guidance.

Cycle infrastructure types info

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This layer allows at-a-glance evaluation of the spatial deliverability of segregated cycle infrastructure (on links requiring dedicated infrastructure).

Infrastructure scenario:

2x 1-way tracks:
Within road width
Using edge-to-edge

2-way track:
Within road width
Using edge-to-edge

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Dasymetric

Bus routes

Schools

Wards

Scottish Parliament Constituencies

Local Authorities

Urban/rural boundary

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	Baseline	Go Dutch	Ebikes
All	{all_fastest_bicycle}	{all_fastest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{all_fastest_bicycle_ebike}
Commute	{commute_fastest_bicycle}	{commute_fastest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{commute_fastest_bicycle_ebike}
Primary	{primary_fastest_bicycle}	{primary_fastest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{primary_fastest_bicycle_ebike}
Secondary	{secondary_fastest_bicycle}	{secondary_fastest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{secondary_fastest_bicycle_ebike}
Utility	{utility_fastest_bicycle}	{utility_fastest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{utility_fastest_bicycle_ebike}

	Baseline	Go Dutch	Ebikes
All	{all_quietest_bicycle}	{all_quietest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{all_quietest_bicycle_ebike}
Commute	{commute_quietest_bicycle}	{commute_quietest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{commute_quietest_bicycle_ebike}
Primary	{primary_quietest_bicycle}	{primary_quietest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{primary_quietest_bicycle_ebike}
Secondary	{secondary_quietest_bicycle}	{secondary_quietest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{secondary_quietest_bicycle_ebike}
Utility	{utility_quietest_bicycle}	{utility_quietest_bicycle_go_dutch}	{utility_quietest_bicycle_ebike}

Highway type	{highway}
Cycle infrastructure	{Infrastructure type}
Average daily motor traffic	{Traffic volume category}
Speed limit	{Speed limit}mph
Level of Service	{Level of Service}

Road classification:	{road_function}
Road type:	{road_types}
Carriageway width:	{carriageway_width}m
Edge-to-edge width:	{edge_to_edge_width}m
Assumed lane widths:	{assumed_lane_widths}
Is bus route?:	{is_bus_route}
Number of lanes:	{total_lanes}
Speed limit:	{speed_limit}
Required buffer:	{required_buffer}m
Required width for motor traffic:	{required_width}m

Network Planning Tool for Scotland

Basemap

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Summary

Route network

All network details:

Fast/Direct network

Quiet/Indirect network

Infrastructure and traffic

Street space

Bus routes