I have forwarded your query to Traffic Engineering.
I had the opportunity to discuss this issue with the Traffic Engineer and that agency is in the process of developing procedures for counting, including the use of trained volunteers, in the 3rd quarter. I understand that TE did some testing of counting devices this past spring on our bike paths. If the opportunity presents itself, I intend to volunteer. I understand that WDNR, after initial misgivings, found that the use of volunteers to acquire water quality data provide valuable information to the Department and I suspect TE will have the same experience. And, yes John Martin, humanoids have "video analysis software programs" in their brain housing unit to count raccoons. From: tim wong [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 3:51 AM To: Larry D. Nelson Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Annual Traffic Vol 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/20 09VR.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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