Cuencabike Mobile Application for the Promoting of Bicycle Tourism in the City of Cuenca, Ecuador

When analyzing the current situation of bicycle lanes in the city of Cuenca, it can be observed that within the competent institutions, there are plans and projects managed to improve mobility through non-motorized vehicles. In addition, there is a vision to continue creating bicycle lanes, although the information has not been widely disseminated to the public. One of the reasons behind this situation is the lack of updated information and its inefficient structure for end users. The objective of this research was to develop the mobile application Cuencabike for the promotion of bicycle tourism in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. In the methodology used, the visual cartographic analysis stands out as the most applicable method of the research employing maps. As a result, a technological proposal is obtained that allows tourists and inhabitants of the city to obtain detailed information about the bicycle paths and points related to the tourist sites of the city. Through a development with the IONIC framework and the Google Maps MyMaps tool, the CuencaBike application was generated, which integrates information on all current routes and those being planned. Each of the routes generated has points of tourist interest, as well as sections where you can view the information of the different mechanics, parking, and public bike dispensers that facilitates users to have all this information organized and updated.