Bikeometer Unveiling: You’re invited!
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April 2, 2014 at 1:08 pm #997444
Steve O
Participant@Tim Kelley 81266 wrote:
*each resident who pays for their car’s decal fee
My original statement was inaccurate (but it had “truthiness!”). I just took the cost and divided by population, which isn’t how it’s actually funded. I don’t know how many cars are in Arlington, but I have one, so I chipped in my 50 or 75 cents I guess.
April 2, 2014 at 1:10 pm #997445Tim Kelley
Participant@Steve O 81271 wrote:
My original statement was inaccurate (but it had “truthiness!”). I just took the cost and divided by population, which isn’t how it’s actually funded. I don’t know how many cars are in Arlington, but I have one, so I chipped in my 50 or 75 cents I guess.
The back of the napkin number I heard was 27 cents per car. Amortized over 10 year?
April 2, 2014 at 1:17 pm #997448culimerc
ParticipantWe should start a pool on the date and time that it turns the 1,000,000th rider. dollar a guess, winner gets 1/2, BA gets half. But gambling is “illegal” in VA. Oh well.
April 2, 2014 at 3:10 pm #997463dbb
Participant@culimerc 81276 wrote:
We should start a pool on the date and time that it turns the 1,000,000th rider. dollar a guess, winner gets 1/2, BA gets half. But gambling is “illegal” in VA. Oh well.
Not if there are no winnings. How about bragging rights to the winner, half to BA and half to Phoenix Bikes? We could start it at the BAFS happy hour tomorrow.
April 2, 2014 at 7:26 pm #997504baiskeli
ParticipantI was 1,021 yesterday and 234 this morning.
April 2, 2014 at 7:53 pm #997518dasgeh
Participant@dbb 81293 wrote:
Not if there are no winnings. How about bragging rights to the winner, half to BA and half to Phoenix Bikes? We could start it at the BAFS happy hour tomorrow.
You could also give half to Kidical Mass Arlington. Just saying.
April 2, 2014 at 8:23 pm #997524kcb203
ParticipantHow do these bike counters work? Do they differentiate between pedestrians and cyclists? How?
April 2, 2014 at 8:35 pm #997526Tim Kelley
Participant@kcb203 81354 wrote:
How do these bike counters work? Do they differentiate between pedestrians and cyclists? How?
Short answer: Using two sensors. An in ground loop detector catches bikes and an above ground infrared beam catches warm bodies from bikes/peds. The system can then subtract out just the peds. (The Bikeometer doesn’t have the pedestrian sensor, but the most of the 30 other counters in the county do).
More reading here: http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/biking-in-arlington/counter-dashboard/about-the-counters/
April 5, 2014 at 4:07 am #997837jnva
ParticipantI’m still waiting to see this reenacted by.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef015391422b9f970b-piApril 5, 2014 at 12:11 pm #997842ShawnoftheDread
Participant@Tim Kelley 81356 wrote:
Short answer: Using two sensors. An in ground loop detector catches bikes and an above ground infrared beam catches warm bodies from bikes/peds. The system can then subtract out just the peds. (The Bikeometer doesn’t have the pedestrian sensor, but the most of the 30 other counters in the county do).
More reading here: http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/biking-in-arlington/counter-dashboard/about-the-counters/
Ah, warm bodies. Maybe my cold, cold heart is why it usually doesn’t count me.
April 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm #997915consularrider
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April 8, 2014 at 5:07 pm #998057Geoff
Participant@kcb203 81354 wrote:
How do these bike counters work?
The same way all of today’s gadgets work. Elves.
May 2, 2014 at 6:16 pm #1000191johnnyhowell
ParticipantHi – I missed seeing the total count for April before it reset to May. What was the total and where / what website can this info be seen? I know the count is inaccurate, as at least I get counted 3x times when heading west on Custis (uphill into Arlington), but correctly counted (1x) headed the other way (to MV trail). It’s too bad that the “Arlington – Bike Friendly Community” (or whatever) blocks the view of the counter when heading towards MV trail. Funny. OK, thanks all….enjoy the perfect weather! JOHN
October 7, 2014 at 4:26 pm #1011605thucydides
ParticipantPerhaps this has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it. The daily counter is stuck on zero.
October 7, 2014 at 4:52 pm #1011609Tim Kelley
Participant@thucydides 96347 wrote:
Perhaps this has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it. The daily counter is stuck on zero.
Thanks for the heads up!
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