Generic function to get regional data from the PCT

This function gets data generated for the Propensity to Cycle Tool project and returns objects in the modern sf class.

get_pct(base_url = "https://github.com/npct/pct-outputs-regional-R/raw/master",
  purpose = "commute", geography = "msoa", region = NULL,
  layer = NULL, extension = ".Rds", national = FALSE)

Arguments

base_url	Where the data is stored.
purpose	Trip purpose (typically school or commute)
geography	Geographic resolution of outputs (msoa or lsoa)
region	The PCT region or local authority to download data from (e.g. west-yorkshire or Leeds). See View(pct_regions_lookup) for a full list of possible region names.
layer	The PCT layer of interest, z, c, l, rf, rq or rnet for zones, centroids, desire lines, routes (fast or quiet) and route networks, respectively
extension	The type of file to download (typically .Rds)
national	Download nationwide data? FALSE by default

Examples

rf = get_pct(region = "isle-of-wight", layer = "rf")
names(rf)[1:20]
#>  [1] "id"            "geo_code1"     "geo_code2"     "geo_name1"    
#>  [5] "geo_name2"     "lad11cd1"      "lad11cd2"      "lad_name1"    
#>  [9] "lad_name2"     "all"           "bicycle"       "foot"         
#> [13] "car_driver"    "car_passenger" "motorbike"     "train_tube"   
#> [17] "bus"           "taxi_other"    "govtarget_slc" "govtarget_sic"
vars_to_plot = 10:13
plot(rf[vars_to_plot])
z = get_pct(region = "isle-of-wight", layer = "z")
# rf = get_pct(region = "west-yorkshire", layer = "rf")
# z_all = get_pct(layer = "z", national = TRUE)