Being declared the least bike-friendly city in a country that uses bikes as a key mode of transport has to be somewhat disheartening. So when Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, gained this dubious accolade a local creative agency decided to step in and clear the city of this unflattering status.

Scholz & Volkmer, the creators of the Radwende, encourage cyclists to use the app to track their bike routes. This data is compiled onto a single map of the city where the lines grow thicker and bolder as a higher number of cyclists travel along a particular road. The aim is to create a human-based computation of the city's most popular routes. In turn this data will help city planners improve the future bike infrastructure.

So far the app has mapped over 3,000 rides throughout the city and the data from the app was displayed at the Museum Wiesbaden, where a drawing robot visualises the maps from the previous day. These prints are also available for purchase.

This is an interesting and refreshingly simple method of improving city planning, and it's good to see it being presented in such a straightforward, accessible manner.