diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98270e753..6c9361772 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ configure_file(
 )
 file(GLOB UtilGlob src/util/*.cpp src/util/*/*.cpp)
 file(GLOB ExtractorGlob src/extractor/*.cpp src/extractor/*/*.cpp)
+file(GLOB PartitionerGlob src/partition/*.cpp)
 file(GLOB ContractorGlob src/contractor/*.cpp)
 file(GLOB StorageGlob src/storage/*.cpp)
 file(GLOB ServerGlob src/server/*.cpp src/server/**/*.cpp)
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ file(GLOB EngineGlob src/engine/*.cpp src/engine/**/*.cpp)
 
 add_library(UTIL OBJECT ${UtilGlob})
 add_library(EXTRACTOR OBJECT ${ExtractorGlob})
+add_library(PARTITIONER OBJECT ${PartitionerGlob})
 add_library(CONTRACTOR OBJECT ${ContractorGlob})
 add_library(STORAGE OBJECT ${StorageGlob})
 add_library(ENGINE OBJECT ${EngineGlob})
@@ -130,11 +132,13 @@ add_library(SERVER OBJECT ${ServerGlob})
 set_target_properties(UTIL PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 
 add_executable(osrm-extract src/tools/extract.cpp)
+add_executable(osrm-partition src/tools/partition.cpp)
 add_executable(osrm-contract src/tools/contract.cpp)
 add_executable(osrm-routed src/tools/routed.cpp $<TARGET_OBJECTS:SERVER> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
 add_executable(osrm-datastore src/tools/store.cpp $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
 add_library(osrm src/osrm/osrm.cpp $<TARGET_OBJECTS:ENGINE> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:STORAGE>)
 add_library(osrm_extract $<TARGET_OBJECTS:EXTRACTOR> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
+add_library(osrm_partition $<TARGET_OBJECTS:PARTITIONER> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
 add_library(osrm_contract $<TARGET_OBJECTS:CONTRACTOR> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
 add_library(osrm_store $<TARGET_OBJECTS:STORAGE> $<TARGET_OBJECTS:UTIL>)
 
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@ set(BOOST_ENGINE_LIBRARIES
 # Binaries
 target_link_libraries(osrm-datastore osrm_store ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
 target_link_libraries(osrm-extract osrm_extract ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(osrm-partition osrm_partition ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
 target_link_libraries(osrm-contract osrm_contract ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
 target_link_libraries(osrm-routed osrm ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY} ${OPTIONAL_SOCKET_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
 
@@ -578,6 +583,13 @@ set(EXTRACTOR_LIBRARIES
     ${TBB_LIBRARIES}
     ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
     ${MAYBE_COVERAGE_LIBRARIES})
+set(PARTITIONER_LIBRARIES
+    ${BOOST_ENGINE_LIBRARIES}
+    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+    ${TBB_LIBRARIES}
+    ${MAYBE_RT_LIBRARY}
+    ${MAYBE_COVERAGE_LIBRARIES}
+    ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
 set(CONTRACTOR_LIBRARIES
     ${BOOST_BASE_LIBRARIES}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
@@ -609,6 +621,7 @@ set(UTIL_LIBRARIES
 target_link_libraries(osrm ${ENGINE_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(osrm_contract ${CONTRACTOR_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(osrm_extract ${EXTRACTOR_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(osrm_partition ${PARTITIONER_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(osrm_store ${STORAGE_LIBRARIES})
 
 # BUILD_COMPONENTS
@@ -641,6 +654,7 @@ endif()
 # (i.e., from /usr/local/bin/) the linker can find library dependencies. For
 # more info see http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_RPATH_handling
 set_property(TARGET osrm-extract PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
+set_property(TARGET osrm-partition PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 set_property(TARGET osrm-contract PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 set_property(TARGET osrm-datastore PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 set_property(TARGET osrm-routed PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade/contiguous_internalmem_datafacade.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade/contiguous_internalmem_datafacade.hpp
index c1f12dacd..c176346b5 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade/contiguous_internalmem_datafacade.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade/contiguous_internalmem_datafacade.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class ContiguousInternalMemoryDataFacade : public BaseDataFacade
     using GraphNode = QueryGraph::NodeArrayEntry;
     using GraphEdge = QueryGraph::EdgeArrayEntry;
     using IndexBlock = util::RangeTable<16, true>::BlockT;
-    using InputEdge = QueryGraph::InputEdge;
     using RTreeLeaf = super::RTreeLeaf;
     using SharedRTree =
         util::StaticRTree<RTreeLeaf, util::ShM<util::Coordinate, true>::vector, true>;
diff --git a/include/partition/bisection_graph.hpp b/include/partition/bisection_graph.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..562195bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/bisection_graph.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_BISECTION_GRAPH_HPP_
+#define OSRM_BISECTION_GRAPH_HPP_
+
+#include "util/coordinate.hpp"
+#include "util/static_graph.hpp"
+#include "util/typedefs.hpp"
+
+#include "extractor/edge_based_edge.hpp"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <tuple>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+// Required for usage in static graph
+struct BisectionNode
+{
+    std::size_t first_edge;
+    util::Coordinate cordinate;
+};
+
+// The edge is used within a partition
+struct BisectionEdge
+{
+    NodeID target;
+    std::int32_t data; // will be one, but we have the space...
+};
+
+// workaround of how static graph assumes edges to be formatted :(
+using BisectionGraph = util::FlexibleStaticGraph<BisectionNode, BisectionEdge>;
+
+template <typename InputEdge> std::vector<InputEdge> groupBySource(std::vector<InputEdge> edges)
+{
+    std::sort(edges.begin(), edges.end(), [](const auto &lhs, const auto &rhs) {
+        return std::tie(lhs.source, lhs.target) < std::tie(rhs.source, rhs.target);
+    });
+
+    return edges;
+}
+
+template <typename InputEdge>
+std::vector<BisectionNode> computeNodes(const std::vector<util::Coordinate> coordinates,
+                                        const std::vector<InputEdge> &edges)
+{
+    std::vector<BisectionNode> result;
+    result.reserve(coordinates.size() + 1);
+
+    // stateful transform, counting node ids and moving the edge itr forward
+    const auto coordinate_to_bisection_node =
+        [ edge_itr = edges.begin(), node_id = 0u, &edges ](
+            const util::Coordinate coordinate) mutable->BisectionNode
+    {
+        const auto edges_of_node = edge_itr;
+
+        // count all edges with this source
+        while (edge_itr != edges.end() && edge_itr->source == node_id)
+            ++edge_itr;
+
+        // go to the next node
+        ++node_id;
+
+        return {static_cast<std::size_t>(std::distance(edges.begin(), edges_of_node)), coordinate};
+    };
+
+    std::transform(coordinates.begin(),
+                   coordinates.end(),
+                   std::back_inserter(result),
+                   coordinate_to_bisection_node);
+
+    // sentinel element
+    result.push_back(
+        {edges.size(), util::Coordinate(util::FloatLongitude{0.0}, util::FloatLatitude{0.0})});
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+template <typename InputEdge>
+std::vector<BisectionEdge> adaptToBisectionEdge(std::vector<InputEdge> edges)
+{
+    std::vector<BisectionEdge> result;
+
+    result.reserve(edges.size());
+    std::transform(edges.begin(),
+                   edges.end(),
+                   std::back_inserter(result),
+                   [](const auto &edge) -> BisectionEdge {
+                       return {edge.target, 1};
+                   });
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_BISECTION_GRAPH_HPP_
diff --git a/include/partition/graph_view.hpp b/include/partition/graph_view.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3a78d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/graph_view.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_PARTITION_GRAPHVIEW_HPP_
+#define OSRM_PARTITION_GRAPHVIEW_HPP_
+
+#include "partition/bisection_graph.hpp"
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/iterator/filter_iterator.hpp>
+#include <boost/iterator/iterator_facade.hpp>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+struct HasSamePartitionID
+{
+    HasSamePartitionID(const RecursiveBisectionState::BisectionID bisection_id,
+                       const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph,
+                       const RecursiveBisectionState &recursive_bisection_state);
+
+    bool operator()(const EdgeID eid) const;
+
+  private:
+    const RecursiveBisectionState::BisectionID bisection_id;
+    const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph;
+    const RecursiveBisectionState &recursive_bisection_state;
+};
+
+// a wrapper around the EdgeIDs returned by the static graph to make them iterable
+class EdgeIDIterator
+    : public boost::iterator_facade<EdgeIDIterator, EdgeID const, boost::random_access_traversal_tag>
+{
+  public:
+    EdgeIDIterator() : position(SPECIAL_EDGEID) {}
+    explicit EdgeIDIterator(EdgeID position_) : position(position_) {}
+
+  private:
+    friend class boost::iterator_core_access;
+
+    void increment() { position++; }
+    bool equal(const EdgeIDIterator &other) const { return position == other.position; }
+    const EdgeID &dereference() const { return position; }
+
+    EdgeID position;
+};
+
+class GraphView
+{
+  public:
+    using EdgeIterator = boost::filter_iterator<HasSamePartitionID, EdgeIDIterator>;
+
+    GraphView(const BisectionGraph &graph,
+              const RecursiveBisectionState &bisection_state,
+              const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator begin,
+              const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator end);
+
+    std::size_t NumberOfNodes() const;
+
+    RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator Begin() const;
+    RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator End() const;
+
+    EdgeIterator EdgeBegin(const NodeID nid) const;
+    EdgeIterator EdgeEnd(const NodeID nid) const;
+
+  private:
+    const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph;
+    const RecursiveBisectionState &bisection_state;
+
+    const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator begin;
+    const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator end;
+};
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_PARTITION_GRAPHVIEW_HPP_
diff --git a/include/partition/inertial_flow.hpp b/include/partition/inertial_flow.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e569c9b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/inertial_flow.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_PARTITION_INERTIAL_FLOW_HPP_
+#define OSRM_PARTITION_INERTIAL_FLOW_HPP_
+
+#include "partition/graph_view.hpp"
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+class InertialFlow
+{
+  public:
+    InertialFlow(const GraphView &view);
+
+    std::vector<bool> ComputePartition(const double balance, const double source_sink_rate);
+  private:
+    const GraphView &view;
+};
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_PARTITION_INERTIAL_FLOW_HPP_
diff --git a/include/partition/partition_config.hpp b/include/partition/partition_config.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3c3f5930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/partition_config.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#ifndef PARTITIONER_CONFIG_HPP
+#define PARTITIONER_CONFIG_HPP
+
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+
+#include <array>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+struct PartitionConfig
+{
+    PartitionConfig() noexcept : requested_num_threads(0) {}
+
+    void UseDefaults()
+    {
+        std::string basepath = base_path.string();
+
+        const std::string ext = ".osrm";
+        const auto pos = basepath.find(ext);
+        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            basepath.replace(pos, ext.size(), "");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // unknown extension
+        }
+
+        edge_based_graph_path = basepath + ".osrm.ebg";
+        partition_path = basepath + ".osrm.partition";
+    }
+
+    // might be changed to the node based graph at some point
+    boost::filesystem::path base_path;
+    boost::filesystem::path edge_based_graph_path;
+    boost::filesystem::path partition_path;
+
+    unsigned requested_num_threads;
+};
+}
+}
+
+#endif // PARTITIONER_CONFIG_HPP
diff --git a/include/partition/partitioner.hpp b/include/partition/partitioner.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed7d91ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/partitioner.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_PARTITION_PARTITIONER_HPP_
+#define OSRM_PARTITION_PARTITIONER_HPP_
+
+#include "partition/partition_config.hpp"
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+// tool access to the recursive partitioner
+class Partitioner
+{
+  public:
+    int Run(const PartitionConfig &config);
+};
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_PARTITION_PARTITIONER_HPP_
diff --git a/include/partition/recursive_bisection.hpp b/include/partition/recursive_bisection.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56c0f1b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/recursive_bisection.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_HPP_
+#define OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_HPP_
+
+#include "partition/bisection_graph.hpp"
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+class RecursiveBisection
+{
+  public:
+    RecursiveBisection(std::size_t maximum_cell_size,
+                       double balance,
+                       double boundary_factor,
+                       const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph);
+
+  private:
+    const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph;
+    RecursiveBisectionState internal_state;
+};
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_HPP_
diff --git a/include/partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp b/include/partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18b6191a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#ifndef OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_STATE_HPP_
+#define OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_STATE_HPP_
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "partition/bisection_graph.hpp"
+#include "util/typedefs.hpp"
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+// The recursive state describes the relation between our global graph and the recursive state in a
+// recursive bisection.
+// 
+// We describe the state with the use of two arrays:
+// 
+// The id-arrays keeps nodes in order, based on their partitioning. Initially, it contains all nodes
+// in sorted order:
+// 
+// ids: [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
+// 
+// When partitioned (for this example we use even : odd), the arrays is re-ordered to group all
+// elements within a single cell of the partition:
+// 
+// ids: [0,2,4,6,8,1,3,5,7,9]
+//
+// This can be performed recursively by interpreting the arrays [0,2,4,6,8] and [1,3,5,7,9] as new
+// input.
+//
+// The partitioning array describes all results of the partitioning in form of `left` or `right`.
+// It is a sequence of bits for every id that describes if it is moved to the `front` or `back`
+// during the split of the ID array. In the example, we would get the result
+// 
+// bisection-ids: [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1]
+// 
+// Further partitioning [0,2,4,6,8] into [0,4,8], [2,6] and [1,3,5,7,9] into [1,3,9] and [5,7]
+// the result would be:
+// 
+// bisection-ids: [00,10,01,10,00,11,01,11,00,10]
+
+class RecursiveBisectionState
+{
+  public:
+    // the ID in the partition arr
+    using BisectionID = std::uint32_t;
+    using IDIterator = std::vector<NodeID>::const_iterator;
+
+    RecursiveBisectionState(const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph);
+    ~RecursiveBisectionState();
+
+    BisectionID GetBisectionID(const NodeID nid) const;
+
+    // returns the center of the bisection
+    IDIterator ApplyBisection(const IDIterator begin,
+                              const IDIterator end,
+                              const std::vector<bool> &partition);
+
+    const IDIterator Begin() const;
+    const IDIterator End() const;
+
+  private:
+    const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph;
+
+    std::vector<NodeID> id_array;
+    std::vector<BisectionID> bisection_ids;
+};
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
+
+#endif // OSRM_PARTITION_RECURSIVE_BISECTION_STATE_HPP_
diff --git a/include/util/static_graph.hpp b/include/util/static_graph.hpp
index 0e13dbc4c..f2faf78f3 100644
--- a/include/util/static_graph.hpp
+++ b/include/util/static_graph.hpp
@@ -18,54 +18,64 @@ namespace osrm
 namespace util
 {
 
-template <typename EdgeDataT, bool UseSharedMemory = false> class StaticGraph
+namespace static_graph_details
+{
+
+using NodeIterator = NodeID;
+using EdgeIterator = NodeID;
+
+struct NodeArrayEntry
+{
+    // index of the first edge
+    EdgeIterator first_edge;
+};
+
+template <typename EdgeDataT> struct EdgeArrayEntry
+{
+    NodeID target;
+    EdgeDataT data;
+};
+
+template <typename EdgeDataT> class SortableEdgeWithData
 {
   public:
-    using NodeIterator = NodeID;
-    using EdgeIterator = NodeID;
-    using EdgeData = EdgeDataT;
+    NodeIterator source;
+    NodeIterator target;
+    EdgeDataT data;
+
+    template <typename... Ts>
+    SortableEdgeWithData(NodeIterator source, NodeIterator target, Ts &&... data)
+        : source(source), target(target), data(std::forward<Ts>(data)...)
+    {
+    }
+    bool operator<(const SortableEdgeWithData &right) const
+    {
+        if (source != right.source)
+        {
+            return source < right.source;
+        }
+        return target < right.target;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace static_graph_details
+
+template <typename NodeT, typename EdgeT, bool UseSharedMemory = false> class FlexibleStaticGraph
+{
+  public:
+    using NodeIterator = static_graph_details::NodeIterator;
+    using EdgeIterator = static_graph_details::EdgeIterator;
+    using EdgeData = decltype(EdgeT::data);
     using EdgeRange = range<EdgeIterator>;
-
-    class InputEdge
-    {
-      public:
-        NodeIterator source;
-        NodeIterator target;
-        EdgeDataT data;
-
-        template <typename... Ts>
-        InputEdge(NodeIterator source, NodeIterator target, Ts &&... data)
-            : source(source), target(target), data(std::forward<Ts>(data)...)
-        {
-        }
-        bool operator<(const InputEdge &right) const
-        {
-            if (source != right.source)
-            {
-                return source < right.source;
-            }
-            return target < right.target;
-        }
-    };
-
-    struct NodeArrayEntry
-    {
-        // index of the first edge
-        EdgeIterator first_edge;
-    };
-
-    struct EdgeArrayEntry
-    {
-        NodeID target;
-        EdgeDataT data;
-    };
+    using NodeArrayEntry = NodeT;
+    using EdgeArrayEntry = EdgeT;
 
     EdgeRange GetAdjacentEdgeRange(const NodeID node) const
     {
         return irange(BeginEdges(node), EndEdges(node));
     }
 
-    template <typename ContainerT> StaticGraph(const int nodes, const ContainerT &graph)
+    template <typename ContainerT> FlexibleStaticGraph(const int nodes, const ContainerT &graph)
     {
         BOOST_ASSERT(std::is_sorted(const_cast<ContainerT &>(graph).begin(),
                                     const_cast<ContainerT &>(graph).end()));
@@ -99,8 +109,8 @@ template <typename EdgeDataT, bool UseSharedMemory = false> class StaticGraph
         }
     }
 
-    StaticGraph(typename ShM<NodeArrayEntry, UseSharedMemory>::vector &nodes,
-                typename ShM<EdgeArrayEntry, UseSharedMemory>::vector &edges)
+    FlexibleStaticGraph(typename ShM<NodeT, UseSharedMemory>::vector &nodes,
+                        typename ShM<EdgeT, UseSharedMemory>::vector &edges)
     {
         number_of_nodes = static_cast<decltype(number_of_nodes)>(nodes.size() - 1);
         number_of_edges = static_cast<decltype(number_of_edges)>(edges.size());
@@ -121,9 +131,9 @@ template <typename EdgeDataT, bool UseSharedMemory = false> class StaticGraph
         return NodeIterator(edge_array[e].target);
     }
 
-    EdgeDataT &GetEdgeData(const EdgeIterator e) { return edge_array[e].data; }
+    auto &GetEdgeData(const EdgeIterator e) { return edge_array[e].data; }
 
-    const EdgeDataT &GetEdgeData(const EdgeIterator e) const { return edge_array[e].data; }
+    const auto &GetEdgeData(const EdgeIterator e) const { return edge_array[e].data; }
 
     EdgeIterator BeginEdges(const NodeIterator n) const
     {
@@ -200,13 +210,21 @@ template <typename EdgeDataT, bool UseSharedMemory = false> class StaticGraph
         return current_iterator;
     }
 
+    const NodeArrayEntry& GetNode(const NodeID nid) const { return node_array[nid]; }
+    const EdgeArrayEntry& GetEdge(const EdgeID eid) const { return edge_array[eid]; }
+
   private:
     NodeIterator number_of_nodes;
     EdgeIterator number_of_edges;
 
-    typename ShM<NodeArrayEntry, UseSharedMemory>::vector node_array;
-    typename ShM<EdgeArrayEntry, UseSharedMemory>::vector edge_array;
+    typename ShM<NodeT, UseSharedMemory>::vector node_array;
+    typename ShM<EdgeT, UseSharedMemory>::vector edge_array;
 };
+
+template <typename EdgeDataT, bool UseSharedMemory = false>
+using StaticGraph = FlexibleStaticGraph<static_graph_details::NodeArrayEntry,
+                                        static_graph_details::EdgeArrayEntry<EdgeDataT>,
+                                        UseSharedMemory>;
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/partition/graph_view.cpp b/src/partition/graph_view.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6221be3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/partition/graph_view.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include "partition/graph_view.hpp"
+#include <iterator>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+HasSamePartitionID::HasSamePartitionID(const RecursiveBisectionState::BisectionID bisection_id_,
+                                       const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph_,
+                                       const RecursiveBisectionState &recursive_bisection_state_)
+    : bisection_id(bisection_id_), bisection_graph(bisection_graph_),
+      recursive_bisection_state(recursive_bisection_state_)
+{
+}
+
+bool HasSamePartitionID::operator()(const EdgeID eid) const
+{
+    return recursive_bisection_state.GetBisectionID(bisection_graph.GetTarget(eid)) == bisection_id;
+}
+
+GraphView::GraphView(const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph_,
+                     const RecursiveBisectionState &bisection_state_,
+                     const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator begin_,
+                     const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator end_)
+    : bisection_graph(bisection_graph_), bisection_state(bisection_state_), begin(begin_), end(end_)
+{
+    // print graph
+    std::cout << "Graph\n";
+    for( auto itr = begin_; itr != end_; ++itr )
+    {
+        std::cout << "Node: " << *itr << std::endl;
+        for( auto eitr = EdgeBegin(*itr); eitr != EdgeEnd(*itr); ++eitr )
+        {
+            std::cout << "\t" << *eitr << " -> " << bisection_graph.GetTarget(*eitr) << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator GraphView::Begin() const { return begin; }
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator GraphView::End() const { return end; }
+
+std::size_t GraphView::NumberOfNodes() const { return std::distance(begin, end); }
+
+GraphView::EdgeIterator GraphView::EdgeBegin(const NodeID nid) const
+{
+    return boost::make_filter_iterator(
+        HasSamePartitionID(bisection_state.GetBisectionID(nid),
+                           bisection_graph,
+                           bisection_state),
+        EdgeIDIterator(bisection_graph.BeginEdges(nid)),
+        EdgeIDIterator(bisection_graph.EndEdges(nid)));
+}
+
+GraphView::EdgeIterator GraphView::EdgeEnd(const NodeID nid) const
+{
+    return boost::make_filter_iterator(
+        HasSamePartitionID(bisection_state.GetBisectionID(nid), bisection_graph, bisection_state),
+        EdgeIDIterator(bisection_graph.EndEdges(nid)),
+        EdgeIDIterator(bisection_graph.EndEdges(nid)));
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
diff --git a/src/partition/inertial_flow.cpp b/src/partition/inertial_flow.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cc018689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/partition/inertial_flow.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include "partition/inertial_flow.hpp"
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+InertialFlow::InertialFlow(const GraphView &view_) : view(view_) {}
+
+std::vector<bool> InertialFlow::ComputePartition(const double balance, const double source_sink_rate)
+{
+    std::vector<bool> partition(view.NumberOfNodes());
+    std::size_t i = 0;
+    for( auto itr = partition.begin(); itr != partition.end(); ++itr )
+    {
+        *itr = (i++ % 2) != 0;
+    }
+    return partition;
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
diff --git a/src/partition/partitioner.cpp b/src/partition/partitioner.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1f32da42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/partition/partitioner.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include "partition/partitioner.hpp"
+#include "partition/bisection_graph.hpp"
+
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection.hpp"
+
+// TODO remove after testing
+#include "util/coordinate.hpp"
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+int Partitioner::Run(const PartitionConfig &config)
+{
+    struct TestEdge
+    {
+        NodeID source;
+        NodeID target;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<TestEdge> input_edges;
+
+    // 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
+    // | \     |   |
+    // 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
+
+    input_edges.push_back({0, 1});
+    input_edges.push_back({0, 4});
+    input_edges.push_back({0, 5});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({1, 0});
+    input_edges.push_back({1, 2});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({2, 1});
+    input_edges.push_back({2, 3});
+    input_edges.push_back({2, 6});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({3, 2});
+    input_edges.push_back({3, 7});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({4, 0});
+    input_edges.push_back({4, 5});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({5, 0});
+    input_edges.push_back({5, 4});
+    input_edges.push_back({5, 6});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({6, 2});
+    input_edges.push_back({6, 5});
+    input_edges.push_back({6, 7});
+
+    input_edges.push_back({7, 3});
+    input_edges.push_back({7, 6});
+
+    input_edges = groupBySource(std::move(input_edges));
+
+    std::vector<util::Coordinate> coordinates;
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
+    {
+        coordinates.push_back(
+            {util::FloatLongitude{(i % 4) / 4.0}, util::FloatLatitude{(double)(i / 4)}});
+    }
+
+    // do the partitioning
+    std::vector<BisectionNode> nodes = computeNodes(coordinates, input_edges);
+    std::vector<BisectionEdge> edges = adaptToBisectionEdge(input_edges);
+
+    BisectionGraph graph(nodes, edges);
+
+    RecursiveBisection recursive_bisection(1024, 1.1, 0.25, graph);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
diff --git a/src/partition/recursive_bisection.cpp b/src/partition/recursive_bisection.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb5294ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/partition/recursive_bisection.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection.hpp"
+#include "partition/inertial_flow.hpp"
+
+#include "partition/graph_view.hpp"
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp"
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+RecursiveBisection::RecursiveBisection(std::size_t maximum_cell_size,
+                                       double balance,
+                                       double boundary_factor,
+                                       const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph_)
+    : bisection_graph(bisection_graph_), internal_state(bisection_graph_)
+{
+    GraphView view(bisection_graph, internal_state, internal_state.Begin(), internal_state.End());
+    InertialFlow flow(view);
+    const auto partition = flow.ComputePartition(balance, boundary_factor);
+    const auto center = internal_state.ApplyBisection(view.Begin(), view.End(), partition);
+    {
+        auto state = internal_state;
+    }
+
+    GraphView recursive_view_lhs(bisection_graph, internal_state, view.Begin(), center);
+    InertialFlow flow_lhs(recursive_view_lhs);
+    const auto partition_lhs = flow_lhs.ComputePartition(balance,boundary_factor);
+    internal_state.ApplyBisection(recursive_view_lhs.Begin(),recursive_view_lhs.End(),partition_lhs);
+
+    GraphView recursive_view_rhs(bisection_graph, internal_state, center, view.End());
+    InertialFlow flow_rhs(recursive_view_rhs);
+    const auto partition_rhs = flow_rhs.ComputePartition(balance,boundary_factor);
+    internal_state.ApplyBisection(recursive_view_rhs.Begin(),recursive_view_rhs.End(),partition_rhs);
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
diff --git a/src/partition/recursive_bisection_state.cpp b/src/partition/recursive_bisection_state.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ee1afc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/partition/recursive_bisection_state.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include "partition/recursive_bisection_state.hpp"
+
+#include <numeric>
+
+//TODO remove
+#include <iostream>
+#include <bitset>
+
+namespace osrm
+{
+namespace partition
+{
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::RecursiveBisectionState(const BisectionGraph &bisection_graph_)
+    : bisection_graph(bisection_graph_)
+{
+    id_array.resize(bisection_graph.GetNumberOfNodes());
+    std::iota(id_array.begin(), id_array.end(), 0);
+    bisection_ids.resize(bisection_graph.GetNumberOfNodes(), 0);
+}
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::~RecursiveBisectionState()
+{
+    std::cout << "Internal Result\n";
+    std::cout << "IDArray:";
+    for( auto id : id_array )
+        std::cout << " " << id;
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+
+    std::cout << "BisectionIDs:";
+    for( auto id : bisection_ids)
+        std::cout << " " << (std::bitset<4>(id));
+
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+}
+
+const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator RecursiveBisectionState::Begin() const
+{
+    return id_array.begin();
+}
+
+const RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator RecursiveBisectionState::End() const
+{
+    return id_array.end();
+}
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::BisectionID RecursiveBisectionState::GetBisectionID(const NodeID nid) const
+{
+    return bisection_ids[nid];
+}
+
+RecursiveBisectionState::IDIterator RecursiveBisectionState::ApplyBisection(
+    const IDIterator begin, const IDIterator end, const std::vector<bool> &partition)
+{
+    // augment the partition ids
+    for (auto itr = begin; itr != end; ++itr)
+    {
+        bisection_ids[*itr] <<= 1;
+        bisection_ids[*itr] |= partition[std::distance(begin, itr)];
+    }
+
+    // keep items with `0` as partition id to the left, move other to the right
+    return std::stable_partition(id_array.begin() + std::distance(id_array.cbegin(), begin),
+                                 id_array.begin() + std::distance(id_array.cbegin(), end),
+                                 [this](const auto nid) { return 0 == (bisection_ids[nid] & 1); });
+}
+
+} // namespace partition
+} // namespace osrm
diff --git a/src/tools/components.cpp b/src/tools/components.cpp
index 9e805face..9965aee65 100644
--- a/src/tools/components.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/components.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct TarjanEdgeData
 };
 
 using TarjanGraph = util::StaticGraph<TarjanEdgeData>;
-using TarjanEdge = TarjanGraph::InputEdge;
+using TarjanEdge = util::static_graph_details::SortableEdgeWithData<TarjanEdgeData>;
 
 std::size_t loadGraph(const std::string &path,
                       std::vector<extractor::QueryNode> &coordinate_list,
diff --git a/src/tools/partition.cpp b/src/tools/partition.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bff9206a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/partition.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#include "partition/partitioner.hpp"
+#include "partition/partition_config.hpp"
+
+#include "util/log.hpp"
+#include "util/version.hpp"
+
+#include <tbb/task_scheduler_init.h>
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace osrm;
+
+enum class return_code : unsigned
+{
+    ok,
+    fail,
+    exit
+};
+
+return_code parseArguments(int argc, char *argv[], partition::PartitionConfig &partition_config)
+{
+    // declare a group of options that will be allowed only on command line
+    boost::program_options::options_description generic_options("Options");
+    generic_options.add_options()("version,v", "Show version")("help,h", "Show this help message");
+
+    // declare a group of options that will be allowed both on command line
+    boost::program_options::options_description config_options("Configuration");
+    config_options.add_options()(
+        "threads,t",
+        boost::program_options::value<unsigned int>(&partition_config.requested_num_threads)
+            ->default_value(tbb::task_scheduler_init::default_num_threads()),
+        "Number of threads to use");
+
+    // hidden options, will be allowed on command line, but will not be
+    // shown to the user
+    boost::program_options::options_description hidden_options("Hidden options");
+    hidden_options.add_options()(
+        "input,i",
+        boost::program_options::value<boost::filesystem::path>(&partition_config.base_path),
+        "Input file in .osrm format");
+
+    // positional option
+    boost::program_options::positional_options_description positional_options;
+    positional_options.add("input", 1);
+
+    // combine above options for parsing
+    boost::program_options::options_description cmdline_options;
+    cmdline_options.add(generic_options).add(config_options).add(hidden_options);
+
+    const auto *executable = argv[0];
+    boost::program_options::options_description visible_options(
+        boost::filesystem::path(executable).filename().string() + " <input.osrm> [options]");
+    visible_options.add(generic_options).add(config_options);
+
+    // parse command line options
+    boost::program_options::variables_map option_variables;
+    try
+    {
+        boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::command_line_parser(argc, argv)
+                                          .options(cmdline_options)
+                                          .positional(positional_options)
+                                          .run(),
+                                      option_variables);
+    }
+    catch (const boost::program_options::error &e)
+    {
+        util::Log(logERROR) << e.what();
+        return return_code::fail;
+    }
+
+    if (option_variables.count("version"))
+    {
+        std::cout << OSRM_VERSION << std::endl;
+        return return_code::exit;
+    }
+
+    if (option_variables.count("help"))
+    {
+        std::cout << visible_options;
+        return return_code::exit;
+    }
+
+    boost::program_options::notify(option_variables);
+
+    if (!option_variables.count("input"))
+    {
+        std::cout << visible_options;
+        return return_code::exit;
+    }
+
+    return return_code::ok;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) try
+{
+    util::LogPolicy::GetInstance().Unmute();
+    partition::PartitionConfig partition_config;
+
+    const auto result = parseArguments(argc, argv, partition_config);
+
+    if (return_code::fail == result)
+    {
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    if (return_code::exit == result)
+    {
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    // set the default in/output names
+    partition_config.UseDefaults();
+
+    if (1 > partition_config.requested_num_threads)
+    {
+        util::Log(logERROR) << "Number of threads must be 1 or larger";
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    if (!boost::filesystem::is_regular_file(partition_config.base_path))
+    {
+        util::Log(logERROR) << "Input file " << partition_config.base_path.string()
+                            << " not found!";
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    auto exitcode = partition::Partitioner().Run(partition_config);
+    return exitcode;
+}
+catch (const std::bad_alloc &e)
+{
+    util::Log(logERROR) << "[exception] " << e.what();
+    util::Log(logERROR) << "Please provide more memory or consider using a larger swapfile";
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+#ifdef _WIN32
+catch (const std::exception &e)
+{
+    util::Log(logERROR) << "[exception] " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/unit_tests/util/static_graph.cpp b/unit_tests/util/static_graph.cpp
index 05fe60df7..506ffd18c 100644
--- a/unit_tests/util/static_graph.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/util/static_graph.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct TestData
 typedef StaticGraph<TestData> TestStaticGraph;
 typedef TestStaticGraph::NodeArrayEntry TestNodeArrayEntry;
 typedef TestStaticGraph::EdgeArrayEntry TestEdgeArrayEntry;
-typedef TestStaticGraph::InputEdge TestInputEdge;
+typedef static_graph_details::SortableEdgeWithData<TestData> TestInputEdge;
 
 constexpr unsigned TEST_NUM_NODES = 100;
 constexpr unsigned TEST_NUM_EDGES = 500;