2011 Mileage count survey

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  • December 29, 2011 at 10:55 pm #933996
    zanna_leigh
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    KLizotte…Thank You for such a wonderful idea!!!

    A great way to close out the new year, but also, we’ll be reapplying for the Bike Friendly Community status in the hopes of moving up from Silver to Gold. We won’t be applying until later next year, but “organic community involvement” was apparently an area where we could improve. I think the fact that you are volunteering to collect the data yourself is a good indicator of this organic community involvement (meaning it wasn’t BikeArlington’s idea).

    I fully support and encourage this survey! It will be interesting to get the results.

    Thanks for putting this together. Happy Pedaling and Happy New Year!

    December 30, 2011 at 1:34 pm #934002
    americancyclo
    Participant

    If you don’t want to compile it all by hand, since there are technically 801 forum members, I made up a quick google form so everyone can enter their own data. (I think) here’s the link:

    http://goo.gl/hpK3o

    let me know if it works, and KLizotte, PM me and I can add you as an admin on the form so you can play with the data if you like!

    December 30, 2011 at 1:46 pm #934004
    creadinger
    Participant

    Great idea! I’ll send the data as soon as I get home from my final ride tomorrow.

    Also, if you need or want any help with data let me know. I have this weird love of playing with data in spreadsheets and making graphs etc…

    December 30, 2011 at 2:31 pm #934008
    OneEighth
    Participant

    Thanks for setting up the google form.
    My mileage is estimated based on individual routes measured when I still used a computer regularly. (That was several years ago.)
    Now, the best I can do is gauge my speed by counting cadence while my wristwatch beeps on the minute.

    December 30, 2011 at 2:58 pm #934011
    Greenbelt
    Participant

    Done. Thanks for the good idea.

    December 30, 2011 at 3:36 pm #934013
    CCrew
    Participant

    Done. Great idea.

    December 30, 2011 at 3:57 pm #934014
    KLizotte
    Participant

    Cool! I wasn’t aware such freebie aps existed. Thanks for doing this. :D I will be adding my own data tomorrow night; am planning on taking advantage of the warm weather for an end of the year excursion around town.

    December 31, 2011 at 3:34 am #934024
    Riley Casey
    Participant

    I’m going to feel quite inadequate on the same page as all of the real road warriors here but I ante’d up. Where / how to see the results?

    December 31, 2011 at 10:40 pm #934041
    consularrider
    Participant

    Done. One thing that didn’t get defined is how to calculate number of bike trips. I log my daily commute as two trips so that’s the way I reported it, but if that should be treated as just one trip my number needs to be reduced by 225.

    December 31, 2011 at 11:27 pm #934047
    vvill
    Participant

    I counted a daily commute as two trips as well. I think that’s the only way that makes sense. e.g. one morning I crashed and broke my arm = 1 trip. There was no return trip that day. :D

    I realized I underestimated my total miles that I answered but not by more than maybe 200 miles.

    January 1, 2012 at 11:26 pm #934052
    creadinger
    Participant

    Added my data. I counted my commutes as one ride because my spreadsheet for tracking mileage is daily, so you can’t log two rides in one day. I only commuted like 10 times though so it shouldn’t make a huge difference. Also, many of my trips are 2-3 mile trips to the grocery store and back so they’re not very significant mileage wise, but technically a trip, and one where I would have driven otherwise. Overall, I ended up averaging about 34miles/ride.

    I’m planning on commuting more this year, not necessarily to save time or money (unless gas prices explode), but partly because I miss it, and partly because the hill up Mass Ave between Minnesota and Alabama in Southeast is excellent for getting back in shape!

    January 2, 2012 at 12:29 am #934056
    americancyclo
    Participant

    I counted each of my commute legs as a trip, often, I’ll go for a lunch ride, and to me, that would make three bike rides or trips in a day.

    January 2, 2012 at 1:18 am #934058
    OneEighth
    Participant

    Hmm. I counted roundtrips. Probably need to determine how to best capture and present the info and have folks resubmit.

    January 2, 2012 at 1:26 am #934059
    CCrew
    Participant

    @vvill 12464 wrote:

    I counted a daily commute as two trips as well. I think that’s the only way that makes sense. e.g. one morning I crashed and broke my arm = 1 trip. There was no return trip that day. :D

    I realized I underestimated my total miles that I answered but not by more than maybe 200 miles.

    I did the same.. each leg was a trip, that covered the days I may have only done one way for some reason or another.

    January 2, 2012 at 1:39 am #934060
    americancyclo
    Participant

    Anyone from BikeArlington or WABA want to weigh in on the commonly used definitions of a bicycle trip and how best to explain that in the survey?

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