I was wondering…

[Steve]

Some great inputs here. I like the learning I get to do on the forum. Two side things I thought about were 1) roads are not just paved to handle cars, they have to handle trucks, semis and other larger machinery that probably require it to handle heavier loads than just cars (though as demonstrated today, the trails have to handle some trucks too). My guess is if only cars were on roads, they would not require quite as much pavement and gravel, though I don’t know for sure. And 2) cars have a higher person-per-vehice count that bikes. I’m not sure what it is exactly, I thought I remembered it being like 1.2 persons per car (amazingly low), but I could be wrong on that. Buses certainly have a higher person-per count as road users. Not sure how this would impact your numbers, but its something to think about as most bikes are only one person per bike.

[consularrider]

@Steve 44821 wrote:

… cars have a higher person-per-vehice count that bikes. I’m not sure what it is exactly, I thought I remembered it being like 1.2 persons per car (amazingly low), but I could be wrong on that. Buses certainly have a higher person-per count as road users. Not sure how this would impact your numbers, but its something to think about as most bikes are only one person per bike.

After following a group of tandem riders on Sunday and regularly seeing bikes towing kids in trailers and on tag-a-longs, I would suggest that it probably averages at least 1.001 persons per bike.

[dasgeh]

@Steve 44821 wrote:

Not sure how this would impact your numbers, but its something to think about as most bikes are only one person per bike.

Let’s ask the people who do bike counts: what’s the average load per bike in the Arlington counts?

[Tim Kelley]

@dasgeh 44828 wrote:

Let’s ask the people who do bike counts: what’s the average load per bike in the Arlington counts?

That would be David Patton: bikepedcounts@arlingtonva.us

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