India;I could do four hours - with coffee. Now if I could sit in corner restaurant with a counter in one hand and a croissant in the other I could count bicycles all day... Larry;Seriously though, I would like to volunteer. Darryl
--- On Sun, 10/25/09, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> wrote: From: India Rose Viola <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Question on bicycle traffic counts To: "Larry D. Nelson" <[email protected]> Cc: "'Bikies'" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 11:43 AM Larry, I think it's a fabulous idea. Count me in (pun intended). I'd be happy to volunteer my time. If 2 hour shifts are plausible it might be easier to recruit volunteers. -india *********************** India Viola UW-Madison Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research Bldg. 1117 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 608.262.3336 *********************** "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" -Anonymous "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry D. Nelson" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:45 am Subject: Re: [Bikies] Question on bicycle traffic counts To: 'Bikies' <[email protected]> > After Mike Rewey issued his message about his bike counts on Sherman Avenue, > I called him to suggest that he had come full circle in his career. > (It is > common for student engineers in the transportation field to make tedious > manual counts at various intersections of cars, trucks, peds, each > with the > respective turning movements.) > > Given the interest, I wonder if there are opportunities to establish a > voluntary group of folks from this list that could provide useful data > to > the transportation planners and engineers, particularly regarding counts > that would be of interest to the biking community. I'd certainly consider > volunteering a 4-hour shift for a couple of days during the year, maybe > more, if the data would be considered useful. The WDNR has just recently > approved the use of volunteers to collect stream data, after years of > worry > that volunteers would not be able to properly obtain the data. That worry > proved to be unnessary. > > What you think? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Rewey > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:50 PM > To: Bikies > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Question on bicycle traffic counts > > Go to the following for three 2008 count sites and numbers:: > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/Reports-Studies/20 > 08VR.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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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