By: Anonymous
I wonder if there are any bicycling industry statistics; bikes sold in the United States. Seems like increasing bikes sales would be a gauge for the number of bicyclists. Obtaining good bicycle...
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Those little rubber hoses you sometimes drive over that measure car traffic – could you use something similar with more sensitivity that could tell the difference between a bike and car? (Maybe use...
View ArticleBy: Mom on a bike
@p_chazz:disqus Wrong, but nice try with the anti-bike trolling there. It makes no more sense to justify registering bicycles for want of demonstrated demand for bike infrastructure than it does...
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@Erica_JS:disqus that type of setup is frequently used to measure turning movements too, or to get a breakdown of how many cars are in each lane. It would seem like it could be adapted for counting...
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One advantage that cycling has over driving, in terms of counts, is that many people record/track their rides. For example, I know Strava has a check-box option where you can indicate your ride was a...
View ArticleBy: SuperQ
@Erica_JS:disqus Yes, There were traffic counters in the bike lane only on a couple spots near the SFO airport earlier this year.
View ArticleBy: Anonymous
What makes you think I’m trolling, Mom? Don’t know why you are so averse to the idea of registration. Seems like it could provide useful metrics. As for shoes, there is pretty much a one to one...
View ArticleBy: Corey Burger
Uhh, where is the mention of the National Pedestrian and Bicycle Documentation project? It is an ITE project that they did with Alta Planning and Design. Lots of cities use it.
View ArticleBy: Miles Bader
@p_chazz:disqus The reason that it looks like you’re trolling is that car-like mandatory bike registration is often brought up by people with an anti-bike agenda, typically without much apparent...
View ArticleBy: Danmaceda
No mention of bikeshare in this. The bikeshare in DC collects anmd makes available data on the use of its’ bikes. This is a source that covers a limited number but does it extensively as bikeshare...
View ArticleBy: Danmaceda
No mention of bikeshare in this. The bikeshare in DC collects anmd makes available data on the use of its’ bikes. This is a source that covers a limited number but does it extensively as bikeshare...
View ArticleBy: Kevin Lugo
As Danmaceda said, the Capital Bikeshare does an excellent job of collecting data, and it is available on their website. I recently talked with some of the people working the system and data has been...
View ArticleBy: Shane Phillips
This is good news. I remember when I wrote about the relative amount of space given to bicyclists in NYC, that 1) I found that even with a relatively low rate of cycling, bicyclists still had much less...
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