🚴 Safe Bluebike Finder 🚴

Safe Bluebike Finder is a web app that helps you find safe Bluebike stations around Boston. Every Bluebike station around Boston has a safety score calculated based on publicly available data on bike accidents and bike fatalities. After inputting your location, Safe Bluebike Finder shows you all Bluebike stations within a 0.5-mile radius with their corresponding safety scores. By clicking on a station, you can see bike accident and bike fatality data for the area around the station.

Additional Features

• View a Google Maps route to your selected station
• Detect your current device location
• Show or hide bike lanes on the map
• Switch between light and dark mode

How to Run Safe Bluebike Finder

Safe Bluebike Finder requires a Google Maps API key to function. Follow these steps to get started:

• Clone the Safe Bluebike Finder repository.
• Install all dependencies:

npm install

• In the project root, create a .env.local file.
• Add your Google Maps API key to the file in the following format:

NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Google Maps API key.

• Now, you can run the development server:

npm run dev

• Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see Safe Bluebike Finder.

Data Sources

Our web app uses the following data:

• Bluebikes Station Data: Includes all Bluebike station locations across Boston.
• Boston Bike Accident Records: Contains reports of bicycle-related accidents in Boston.
• Boston Bike Fatality Records: Contains reports of bicycle-related fatalities in Boston.