Hi folks, Is there a guide (Madison, national, BFW or otherwise) to* how one conducts*bicycle traffic counts and surveys specific to bike use in urban environments? I know that the Census does it as part of the American Community Survey (door-to-door) but I'm looking for a tool for activists, something that I might convert for use here in my city in Brazil or at least to share ideas with other cicloativistas
Minneapolis (claims to be #2 bike city in the U.S.) discusses their location and count methodology a bit in: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles/Count_Report.pdf (Dept. of Public Works - Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts) ...and also: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles/BicyclistPedestrianCountReport2008.pdf And I love their bike count map at: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles/Bike_Counts.pdf What I'm looking for is the existence of some methodology that *bike activists* use to agglomerate data needed to generate appropriate attention of politicians. I know. It seems almost too easy. Get a bunch of people to stand on different street locations where bike tend to travel and gather data - *AND* - I just don't want to miss the boat and dedicate time and energy to doing something one way when there might be an accepted way in which data integrates between various localities. Thx Matthew 7°13'6.07"S, 35°53'5.17"W
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