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It has features to make it easy and fun to start bike riding regularly.</p> <p>Virtuous Cycle is one of the winners of <a href="https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/active-transport-bike-riding"><strong>Transport for NSW Active Transport Bike Riding Innovation Challenge</strong></a>.</p> <p align="center"> <img style="box-shadow: none; width: 50%;" alt="Logos of Transport for NSW and Open Data" src="/assets/tfnsw-open-data-logo.png"> </p> <p>Virtuous Cycle has the following features to encourage regularly bike riding:</p> <h4 id="easy-route-search">Easy route search</h4> <p>Not sure how to get some where on bike? Virtuous Cycle has an intuitive and easy interface to search for bike routes for any destinations in New South Wales, Australia easily. In addition, Virtuous Cycle can offer up to three variations for each route to cater for riders with varying level of abilities.</p> <h4 id="motivating-ride-metrics">Motivating Ride Metrics</h4> <p>Users can record bike rides in Virtuous Cycle to measure various positive impacts their rides have on their health and environment with motivating metrics such as estimated active calories burned and carbon savings.</p> <h4 id="fun-awards-and-challenges">Fun Awards and Challenges</h4> <p>Users can earn awards (and bragging rights 馃槑) when they record bike rides and completing learning goals in Virtuous Cycle. New badges will be added periodically to encourage users to take up bike riding regularly.</p> <h4 id="learning-centre">Learning Centre</h4> <p>Regular riders need to be aware of biking laws and other essential information. Unfortunately, many of these information are buried in documents or websites that aren鈥檛 easily accessible on mobile devices. Within the <em>Learning Centre</em> in Virtuous Cycle, users can access and learn these bite-sized information easily in mobile-friendly format. You can now learn wherever and whenever you are.</p> <br> <h3 id="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</h3> <h4 id="i-have-a-feature-request-bug-report-or-some-feedback">I have a feature request, bug report, or some feedback</h4> <p><a href="/feedback?product=Virtuous%20Cycle&referrer=Website-FAQ">Send it here.</a></p> <h4 id="how-does-virtuous-cycle-use-transport-for-nsw-open-data">How does Virtuous Cycle use Transport for NSW open data?</h4> <p>Virtuous Cycle uses <a href="https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/">Transport for NSW Open Data鈥檚 Trip Planner API</a> to search for bike routes and also to search for possible destinations based on keywords (such as place name or address).</p> <h4 id="will-there-be-an-android-version">Will there be an Android version?</h4> <p>Virtuous Cycle for Android is currently in development and is planned for public release in the near future. 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