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  • #997444
    Steve O
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    @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.

    #997445
    Tim Kelley
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    @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?

    #997448
    culimerc
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    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.

    #997463
    dbb
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    @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.

    #997504
    baiskeli
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    I was 1,021 yesterday and 234 this morning.

    #997518
    dasgeh
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    @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.

    #997524
    kcb203
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    How do these bike counters work? Do they differentiate between pedestrians and cyclists? How?

    #997526
    Tim Kelley
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    @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/

    #997837
    jnva
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    I’m still waiting to see this reenacted by.
    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef015391422b9f970b-pi

    #997842
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @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.

    #997915
    consularrider
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    Lizards

    #998057
    Geoff
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    @kcb203 81354 wrote:

    How do these bike counters work?

    The same way all of today’s gadgets work. Elves.

    #1000191
    johnnyhowell
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    Hi – 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

    #1011605
    thucydides
    Participant

    Perhaps this has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it. The daily counter is stuck on zero.

    #1011609
    Tim Kelley
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    @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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