For the past month, I have been working on a method for the real-time tracking of the availability of London Santander Bikes. 

I used the website MapTiler for the base mapping and hosting of the GeoJSON file with the bike locations. I also used the Transport for London (TfL) API in order to get the real-time number of standard bikes, e-bikes and the number of empty docks.

Each icon represents the location of a docking station, and uses a colour scheme, with red symbolising 0 facilities available, orange symbolising 1 – 4 facilities available and black for 5 or more facilities available. Within the map window, the colour of the icon is selected by the lowest value of standard bikes, e-bikes and empty docks. Clicking on a bike icon shows the name of the docking station, number of standard bikes, e-bikes and empty docks available.

This method also allows users to search for bikes nearest to their location by clicking on the icon below.

The full website can be found here. As always please let me know your thoughts, and feedback.