GDI-SBV: Cycling Infrastructure Network for Saxony

A geospatial dataset of cycling infrastructure in the German state of Saxony. It was created by LISt GmbH for the Saxon State Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the State Office for Road Construction and Transport. The data includes routes of the SachsenNetz Rad, cycle paths on roads, cycle paths away from roads, and other cycling areas.

Use Cases

• Map regional cycling networks based on the described SachsenNetz Rad routes.
• Analyze the distribution of on-road versus off-road cycle paths.
• Plan transportation infrastructure based on the categorized cycling areas.

Strengths

• Data is part of the official spatial data infrastructure of the Road Construction Administration Saxony (GDI-SBV).
• The service includes visibility settings for data layers up to a scale of 1:1,600,000.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Geography

Saxony, Germany