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by Doctor_Fegg 1550 days ago
https://cycle.travel/map

Disclaimer - my site. It’s very focused on quiet routes, so will generally prefer a hilly road if the alternative is a traffic-infested one. Europe/North America/AU+NZ only at present.

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Really impressive site, thanks for sharing it! Bonus: I'm just used to sites not having data / support for Canada; this was a pleasant surprise.

UX observation: clicking to create a start and end was relatively intuitive, but it took a while to find "Close route" to reset it (and be able to click for start / end points once more).

Interesting point - thanks! There's an (X) button to close the route but maybe I should change the icon to a trash can or similar...
Great!

How do you determine quiet-ness? Is it just by the grade of the road, or do you have some kind of data feed for quietitude?

E.g. in the UK, some A-roads can be very quiet despite being technically major, whereas some B-roads or even ungraded can be very busy, e.g. if they are used as shortcuts.

It's by historic traffic data where available, defaulting to road class if not. (Before I added the traffic data, it used to route over rough mountain tracks in the Highlands to avoid A roads...)
This is good. Guessing you're already ahead of me, but a feature that I find super useful in competitors is an elevation map of the route after I've selected it.
It has that, in the hamburger menu. (Also, an alternate route button!)
Checking it out...thanks,