And I'll volunteer to ride up and down past the counters repeatedly for four hours to pad the numbers.
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Darryl Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:45 am > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Question on bicycle traffic counts > To: 'Bikies' <[email protected] <http://mc/[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]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]<http://mc/[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] <http://mc/[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://mc/[email protected]> > > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] <http://mc/[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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