CRUSE: Cycle Route Uptake & Scenario Estimation tool for Ireland : https://cruse.bike/  

  • Published in 2022 with additions in 2024 The Cycle Route Uptake and Scenarios Estimation (CRUSE) tool is a strategic cycle network planning support tool. It was funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and builds on the approach used in the Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT).
  • The CRUSE tool supports strategic cycle network planning to support TII’s remit under the the EU Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) Directive, and to provide cycle flow estimates for TII’s Project Appraisal Guidelines Unit 13.0 on Appraisal of Active Modes PE-PAG-02036.
  • The tool’s primary purpose is to support design of joined-up, evidence-based and effective strategic cycle networks. The tool can be used to visualise current cycling levels, highlight gaps in existing networks, compare ‘fast’ and ‘quiet’ networks and to understand how these could change in future, under scenarios of cycling uptake.