tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post5600146324072416480..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: What Does the Sustainability Plan Say About Bikes?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-75122950607116194912013-02-20T17:45:33.861-05:002013-02-20T17:45:33.861-05:00By "collect data", I'm pretty sure D...By "collect data", I'm pretty sure DDOT is referring to bicycle and pedestrian counts. Actual, scientific counts. Strava and TFTS posts are all well and good, but are anecdotal evidence at best. Need hard numbers. Portland and Minneapolis have well-established count systems in place, and Arlington has recently installed automatic bike counters (similar to automatic vehicle traffic counters) on a few of its trails. Not exactly something that can be put in bike lanes, but it shouldn't be too hard to muster an army of counters at select times of the year to perform counts.<br /><br />Regarding counts, I bring your attention to this: http://www.bikepeddocumentation.orgFroggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843594625467349428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-21042435200169630202013-02-20T13:37:05.807-05:002013-02-20T13:37:05.807-05:00To put the 100-miles of bike lanes in context, DC ...To put the 100-miles of bike lanes in context, DC is currently home to over 3,500 lane-miles of roads.<br /><br />Source: (2009) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2009/hm60.cfmJDAntoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355688379118505208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-37151886116965205112013-02-20T13:34:49.141-05:002013-02-20T13:34:49.141-05:00MOAR bike parking!
Oh, and also, 50 more bikeshar...MOAR bike parking!<br /><br />Oh, and also, 50 more bikeshare stations (not counting the 54 currently being installed) should stretch the system out to all edges of the District, so the next 150 will be all about infill. <br /><br />Once they're not focused on expanding the geographic capacity, the biggest benefit will be turning some of the "commuter origin stations" (like Woodley Park, all of the spots in Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant), into hubs, like the Dupont Circle north station, which have a mix of people riding in from their homes to use the metro and others taking bikes from those stations downhill to get to work. Most of the downtown stations are always going to be net-importers of rush hour bikeshare traffic, but the more "self-balancing" stations in the system, the less of a rebalancing effort will be necessary. Jacqueshttp://jacquesofalltrades.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-1241177510229248822013-02-20T13:23:48.622-05:002013-02-20T13:23:48.622-05:00To put the 25% number in context, commute trips in...To put the 25% number in context, commute trips in DC are currently (2011) at 11.8% walk, 3.2% bike, so a combined ~15%. The other 85% is about 40% transit, 40% driving, 5% other.<br /><br />Source: http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/S0801/0400000US11JDAntoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355688379118505208noreply@blogger.com