Tag: bike counter

November 26, 2013

Fremont Bridge bike counter passes 1M, bike trips up 28% over last year

The Fremont Bridge bike counter tallied its one millionth bike trip early Sunday morning, a little more than 13 months after it was activated. But perhaps even more exciting, SDOT reports that bike traffic over the bridge is up 28 percent versus October and November 2012. Indeed, every weekly count since passing the one-year mark…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont bridge
October 14, 2013

Fremont Bridge bike counter records 900,985 bike trips in first year

In its first full year of operation, the Fremont Bridge bike counter recorded 900,985 trips across the bridge. As might be expected, July was the bikiest month of the year with 117,974 trips, but May, June and August all clocked in around the 100,000 mark. October, September and April all clocked in between 70,000 and…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, winter biking
September 17, 2013

7 more bike counters planned in Seattle + Update on our journey to 1M Fremont bike trips

Cascade Bicycle Club announced Tuesday that the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation and the Rails to Trails Conservancy will help purchase seven new electronic bike counters, mostly place on trails around the city. Not all the counters will include a display keeping a live-updated tally, like the ones on the Fremont and lower West Seattle…
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tagged: bike counter, cascade bicycle club, fremont, fremont bridge, Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips, mark & susan torrance foundation, rails to trails
June 21, 2013

West Seattle bike counter now operational

Seattle’s second bike counter launched with very little fanfare on a rainy Thursday afternoon at the east end of the lower West Seattle Bridge. The counter has displays on both sides (the Fremont counter only faces north) and will start providing useful West Seattle bike traffic data online, as well. While it is almost certain…
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June 5, 2013

Bike counter coming very soon to the lower West Seattle Bridge

Yesterday was the busiest day yet recorded by the Fremont Bridge bike counter. 5,121 bike trips were made across the bridge, and there are no signs that we’re anywhere near our max yet. As the Fremont Bridge travelers are just starting to hit their stride, the city is preparing to unveil its second bike counter—this…
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tagged: bike counter, cascade bicycle club, mark & susan torrance foundation, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
May 15, 2013

Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips: If we get there, what should the reward be?

Last week’s Fremont Bridge bike count: 28,414. Another record-breaking week, but we need to do better if we want to top one million trips in 2013. What should our reward be for getting to one million? A big bike party in Fremont? A safer Fremont Avenue? A fixed Ballard Bridge? All of the above?
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips