Cyclops – Group

Cyclops is a planning tool to encourage the development of cycling in cities.

The Cyclops solution supports stakeholders responsible for planning cycle routes, such as governments and local authorities, and enables them to assess the potential of different routes.

Cyclops has numerous benefits, for example:

• Prioritisation of investment
• Improving the robustness of the business case
• Improving transparency and communication with stakeholders

WINNER OF AN INTRAPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE

In 2020, SYSTRA launched the intrapreneurship competition SPARK Challenge in order to incubate employees’ best ideas. Cyclops was among the 4 winners of this first edition.

Eighteen months after the incubation phase the international Cyclops team produced a first application of its cycle network modelling and planning tool.

FIRST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

The first contract obtained for the Cyclops solution was by SYSTRA in New Zealand for a cycle path project in Auckland.

The Waitematā Harbour Connections programme of bay crossing improvement provides a fully multimodal network of pedestrian, cycle, road, light rail, a new road connection and a full rearrangement of the bus network to serve the entire Auckland North port area from the Central Business District (CBD).

SYSTRA was also in charge of the analysis of the various route variants for the bay crossing, as well as the planning for the integration of active modes, using the Cyclops solution.