Does the bike counter on the Law Park bike path at Broom count bikes going eastbound? I believe it used to only count bikes going west/southbound, which is why we always had inaccurate numbers for the Law Park bike path, i.e., no numbers.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Larry D. Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > The City Traffic Engineer has posted the Annual Traffic Volume Report for > 2009. The link follows: > > > > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/Reports-Studies/2009VR.pdf > > > > The trend for diminished traffic in the isthmus and near west and near east > side continues. In the years 2000 – 2004, traffic in the central part of > the city peaked and has been diminishing each year since that peak. I > speculate that less traffic in the central part of the city is a reflection > of less jobs and less commercial sites that generate traffic. Traffic on > the perimeter of the city continues to increase, suggesting that people are > travelling around the city rather than to the city. > > > > Surprisingly, the bike numbers are also down in 2009. However, bike > monitoring is confined to the North Shore/John Nolen Drive Corridor. It > would be helpful if the bike numbers for the SW, University, and East > Isthmus Path (Capital City Trail) were included. We discussed volunteers > conducting bike counts on this listserve before but some folks were > concerned that this would somehow manifest a subordination of bikes to > cars. Perhaps we should revisit this issue. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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