Know which cycle paths need attention first.
Cyface provides your municipality with an objective condition map of your entire cycling network – from segregated cycle paths and cycle streets to the quiet side streets where people actually ride. A basis for construction programmes, budget planning and funding applications. No survey vehicle, no months of manual inspections.
Your cycling network in four quality classes: very good · good · fair · poor
Four reasons municipalities work with Cyface
Prioritise objectively instead of guessing
Every path segment is classified into four quality classes based on vibration data. You see on a map where repairs are truly urgent – and can spend your budget where it has the greatest effect.
A solid basis for applications
Whether cycling infrastructure funding, budget requests or council reports: objective condition data and maps let you make a transparent case to committees, funding bodies and citizens.
Citizen engagement included
With a citizen campaign, your residents collect the data themselves via an app in your city’s design – for example alongside the STADTRADELN campaign. You gain data and positive publicity at the same time.
Your data stays your data
All raw and result data belongs to your municipality and comes in open formats – for your GIS, for open data portals, for later comparison surveys. No vendor lock-in, GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany.
Two paths for your municipality
Both deliver the same result – condition map, report and complete data export. They even complement each other: the fleet captures the on-street part (cycle streets, cycle lanes, side streets), the citizen campaign the segregated cycle paths. Together they cover your entire cycling network.
No dedicated trips & no effort on your side
Fleet-based Survey
Your street-cleaning, depot or winter-service vehicles carry our smartphones and collect the data during regular operations.
from €3,500
Project fee €3,000 + €7–12/km of network (tiered by network size)
- We install the technology and monitor the collection
- No dedicated trips, no extra staff effort
- Proven in Saarlouis and Leipzig
- Project duration approx. 6–12 weeks depending on network size
- Portal access & hosting 6 months included – extension €90/month or €900/year
Network-wide data & public visibility
Citizen Campaign
Your citizens collect data during everyday trips via app – including on segregated cycle paths no service vehicle reaches. We handle technology, operations and analysis.
from €5,000
Base price per campaign, tiered by municipality size
- App in your city’s design (Android & iOS)
- Campaign support with experienced partners
- Surface quality plus usage heatmap
- Campaign runtime approx. 3 months
- Portal access & hosting 6 months included – extension €90/month or €900/year
Example calculation
Medium-sized city, 105 km cycle path network, Fleet-based Survey package: project fee €3,000 + 105 km at tiered rates (100 km × €12 + 5 km × €9 = €1,245) = approx. €4,245 – including installation, monitoring of the collection, analysis, interactive map and data export. Project duration approx. 8 weeks; portal access & hosting 6 months included.
All prices exclude VAT. Depending on project size, a direct award (without a tender) may be possible – talk to us, we support you with the documentation your administration and committees need. Beyond the cycling network, we can also survey footpaths, agricultural and forestry roads and other paths on request.
Other municipalities are already on board
In Saarlouis and Leipzig we trialled fleet-based surveys at city scale – using the municipal street-cleaning vehicles, into which we built the smartphones and whose collection we monitored. That the technology also holds up on the bike is shown by the Germany-wide STADTRADELN campaign: there our technology has captured the trips of over 1 million cyclists a year for more than 8 years (as of 2025).
How is your cycling network doing?
Briefly describe your situation – we will tell you, without obligation, which package fits and roughly what it would cost your municipality.
Send an emailBehringstraße 46
01159 Dresden, Germany
+49 351 6475 2580
mail@cyface.de