There is some bike path traffic data in here (pp. 43-48 and last few pages of the appendix): http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/Reports-Studies/2008VR.pdf
They added a counting station this year on the SW Path, at Breese Terrace, so maybe that will be included in the 2009 edition. ________________________________ From: Daniel Liu <[email protected]> To: Bikies <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:14:06 AM Subject: Re: [Bikies] ever feel alone? Does the city collect bike-use data? I've known of cities that conduct more extensive bike and pedestrian surveys at the same time as the Census ACS, so that the data can be compared on fairly equal terms. --dan On 29 Sep, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Matthew Berigan wrote: Bikies, > >Actually, IS there a source for all-the-numbers for the U.S. on total bicycle >fleet size, bikes per capita, total bike commuters, percentage of commuters by >mode, more....? I´d like to see that ["official" numbers] to try to figure out >if I can find numbers to compare them to here in Brazil where they say the >total bike fleet is 65 million and growing rapidly. > > >Blog post by somebody called JR: >http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/2009/09/43-increase-in-bicycle-commuting-since-2000/ >>"The number of bike commuters was estimated to be 786,098 +/- 16,011. If >you also consider that the total number of commuters (the denominator) >has a spread of +/- 139,905 the percentages could range from 0.534% in >the worst case and 0.558% in the best case. So, even in the worst case >scenario it seems that there has been a significant growth in bicycle >commuting (hooray!)." > >When I dig through the Census ACS data (http://www.census.gov/acs) I find >tables that include the following examples but nothing specifically about >bicycles - perhaps only by getting at the live data: >Means of Transportation to Work >-Car, truck, or van - drove alone: >-Car, truck, or van - carpooled >-Public transportation (excluding taxicab) >-Taxicab, motorcycle, bicycle, walked, or other means >-Worked at home > >If there is a bike-centric collection of data from the US Census online I´d >appreciate any pointers to that. > >Thx >Matthew Berigan >Campina Grande - Paraiba > > >On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > >This is pulled from the League of American Bicyclists current newsletter, >"According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey (ACS), >released today, 0.55 percent of American workers use a bicycle as their >primary means of getting to work." >> >>>>And apparently this is up 43% from 2000. >> >>>>-india >> >> >> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Bikies mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >>_______________________________________________ >Bikies mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
_______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
