Here is a link to bicycle counting in Portland, OR. http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=44671&;
At the bottom of the page there is another link to instructions on bike counting and a diagram of how to tally at street corners: http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=44671&a=251267 -Kristy On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Matthew Berigan <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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