2011 Mileage count survey

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  • December 29, 2011 at 10:20 pm #910767
    KLizotte
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    I think it would be really interesting and useful to tally the total miles BikeArlington members and visitors have ridden in 2011 plus a few other stats. This would also be a nice way for BikeArlington to advertise how many gallons of gas we’ve saved and the like.

    As a result, I am volunteering to collect such data and put it out there in tabular and summary format.

    If you would like to participate, please go to http://goo.gl/hpK3o. The following info is requested:

    1) Total miles ridden for the year (excluding indoor cycling on stationary bikes and trainers). Your best estimate is fine. Please combine commuting and recreational miles ridden anywhere (not just the DC metro area). Include Capital Bikeshare miles, bike rentals, etc.

    2) Total trips (your best estimate is fine). Please combine commuting and recreational trips.

    3) Whether you are male or female (optional). Researchers always say women’s particpation is an indicator of whether cycling is taking off in an area (due to perceived safety issues) so that is why I think this would be an interesting statistic to collect.

    4) If you bike commute, the jurisdictions you travel between.

    5) If you want your data to remain anonymous.

    I propose posting everyone’s responses to questions 1 and 2 online since we all know how competitive / curious we are :p. A summary will also be provided as well.

    I wonder if we’ll hit 100K miles? Will the women beat the men? Will we beat CaBi? How much CO2 emissions have we avoided? Come on lurkers – now is the time to sign up on this forum and be counted. We need to show politicians and the rest of the world how much people are cycling out there!

    You’ve only got a couple of more days to get your numbers up. Start pedaling!

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  • January 18, 2012 at 12:40 pm #934741
    americancyclo
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    we have about 133 folks that agreed to have their data shared. i could put the info up on a public spreadsheet if people are interested. Please let me know if anyone has objections!

    January 18, 2012 at 3:05 pm #934749
    dbb
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    @Arlingtonrider 13203 wrote:

    Based on what I see on my commuting rides, I think the gender balance is better than that in our little survey. I might be imagining things, but I would guess that at least 35% of the riders on my route (FMR, MVT, Mall) are women. I’ve also been surprised at how many women are riding through the winter.

    – Kathy

    If we don’t include gender on the periodic trailside rider counts, we probably should.

    January 18, 2012 at 4:15 pm #934753
    KLizotte
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    @americancyclo 13209 wrote:

    we have about 133 folks that agreed to have their data shared. i could put the info up on a public spreadsheet if people are interested. Please let me know if anyone has objections!

    One could also show the data as a relative frequency distribution histogram (with % frequency on the vertical axis and Miles on the horizontal axis). Just an idea.

    January 18, 2012 at 4:47 pm #934754
    Arlingtonrider
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    Geek alert! ;)

    January 18, 2012 at 4:57 pm #934755
    Arlingtonrider
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    Kidding aside, we have an amazing amount of analytical talent on this forum! Kudos to Justin Antos too for his Capital Bikeshare charts mentioned on Washcycle today.

    January 18, 2012 at 5:30 pm #934760
    americancyclo
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    @KLizotte 13223 wrote:

    One could also show the data as a relative frequency distribution histogram (with % frequency on the vertical axis and Miles on the horizontal axis). Just an idea.

    I just taught myself how to do this just now. thanks for the inspiration!

    Distribution of Cyclists (1000 mile increments)
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    Distribution of Cyclists (100 mile increments)

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    January 18, 2012 at 6:08 pm #934764
    Tim Kelley
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    @dbb 13217 wrote:

    If we don’t include gender on the periodic trailside rider counts, we probably should.

    Yes, this is included, although it can be difficult to differentiate at times. Especially in the winter or with children in a trailer or stroller.

    January 18, 2012 at 6:54 pm #934770
    dbb
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    @KLizotte 13223 wrote:

    One could also show the data as a relative frequency distribution histogram (with % frequency on the vertical axis and Miles on the horizontal axis). Just an idea.

    You are just trying to excite me, aren’t you?

    January 18, 2012 at 9:46 pm #934774
    KLizotte
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    @dbb 13241 wrote:

    You are just trying to excite me, aren’t you?

    Wow, is that all it takes?! Let me show you my “probit” models sometime (we would be “discrete” of course) :rolleyes:

    And if you aren’t male and single I apologize for my lewd comments:p
    And if you aren’t familiar with statistical terminology, then I doubly apologize!

    It’s hard trying to be a funny economist…

    January 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm #934775
    KLizotte
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    OK, whoever those three outliers are raise your wheels! That’s amazing.

    January 18, 2012 at 10:18 pm #934777
    dbb
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    @KLizotte 13245 wrote:

    Wow, is that all it takes?! Let me show you my “probit” models sometime (we would be “discrete” of course) :rolleyes:

    And if you aren’t male and single I apologize for my lewd comments:p
    And if you aren’t familiar with statistical terminology, then I doubly apologize!

    It’s hard trying to be a funny economist…

    Male, yes
    Single, no

    As an engineer, I could be accused of not being able to identify a lewd comment

    I hang with a bunch of housing economists that span the humor distribution. Alas, because they are economists, the distribution isn’t Gaussian but is significantly tail right (with several anchoring the intersection of the ordinate and abscissa).

    January 18, 2012 at 10:22 pm #934778
    Mark Blacknell
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    Joe, isn’t this where you step in and close the thread? For the sake of the children?

    January 18, 2012 at 10:28 pm #934779
    DismalScientist
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    @KLizotte 13245 wrote:

    It’s hard trying to be a funny economist…

    I just settle on being odd.

    January 18, 2012 at 10:54 pm #934780
    KLizotte
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    @Mark Blacknell 13250 wrote:

    Joe, isn’t this where you step in and close the thread? For the sake of the children?

    I’m still waiting for a reality show to be based on the lives and work of economists. We have enough oddities to be occasionally entertaining.

    January 19, 2012 at 12:41 am #934781
    KLizotte
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    @Arlingtonrider 13225 wrote:

    Kidding aside, we have an amazing amount of analytical talent on this forum! Kudos to Justin Antos too for his Capital Bikeshare charts mentioned on Washcycle today.

    I second the kudos to Justin. Amazing job and to think you are working for free!

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