Go to the following for three 2008 count sites and numbers:: http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/Reports-Studies/2008VR.pdf
They are on the Brittingham Path and tow on the John Path on each side of Northshore. See pages 43-47 and last three pages in the appendix. At least one was added on the Southwest Path this summer. Mike Rewey ********************* On 24 Oct 2009 at 17:23, tim wong wrote: > > I know the city has counters buried under the bike path in a couple of > places, I believe, one near the Yahara River, and another on the Law > Park bike path. Unfortunately, unless it's been changed, the counter > is between Broom St. and North Shore Drive, so there is no bike > counter on the busiest section of that path, which is between Broom > and Blair. I'm sure Arthur and others in TE know for sure. > > 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/BicyclistPedestrianCountR > eport2008.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 > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
