[Ebbc-Talk] The wrong way and wrong time to do a bike count The Amateur Planner July 3, 2013

> And a larger, and perhaps more important point: by prioritizing non-commuting periods, we are treating bicyclists as recreational users, not as a viable mode of transportation. Would we count cars during July 4 week? Of course not. AASHTO even says that such periods are "atypical" and would not have valid data. By counting traffic at these times, we are doing a severe disservice to bicycle advocacy.


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The wrong way and wrong time to do a bike count

At some point, I might get off my high horse regarding bicycle counts on the Longfellow Bridge. But for now, I'm staying on. Why? Because I did my bike count on a Wednesday morning in June, to get a "typical" commute count (although, to be fair, with colleges out for summer it may have been a bit less traffic than some of the year). And I think I'm collecting better data than the established counts. Going through this process, I've found out more information about the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation project, which is used as a basis for counting by local transportation agencies across the country, including the CTPS locally...

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