The information on the city's website about the bicycle barometer has been 
updated to included a link to be able to view the data.  See link at the bottom 
of this message.  Data is only available for the full day, and is updated only 
once per day.  There are buttons above the graph on the right side that allows 
you to choose between displaying data for Last 30 days, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, 
and Key Numbers (Averages and Maximums).  - - Arthur


Madison's first visual bike counter.


Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Division is pleased to present data 
from the City's first automated visual bike counter.



The bike counter is located on the south side of the Southwest Path, just 
Northeast of the intersection of Regent and Monroe Streets. The counter 
displays the number of daily bicyclists and annual bicyclists who pass it. 
Similar bike counters have been installed in bike-friendly cities around the 
world such as Portland, Orgeon and Copenhagen, Denmark.



The counter is not the first bicycle counter in the City, in fact the City has 
tracked bicycle usage for many years, rather this is the first bicycle counter 
that displays the number of riders to both passing path users and motorists on 
the nearby streets. It is one of many bike infrastructure improvements that 
continue to make Madison more bike-friendly. While the Counter provides 
real-time ridership information, it also serves as a welcoming gateway sign and 
bicyclists can see that they're part of a larger cycling community.



The Counter was manufactured by Eco Counter. Eco Counter is an international 
company that specializes in pedestrian and bike counting systems.



Data from the Madison Bike Counter is available to the public at: 
madison-monroe.visio-tools.com<http://madison-monroe.visio-tools.com>. Data is 
updated once per day.


Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator
City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100
PO Box 2986
Madison, WI  53701-2986
608/266-6225

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