Bikeway Counts

[beauyboy]

AS I am short of things to do recently I went out and did some counts here are the results below.

Donald

Bicentennial Bikeway Count 20120516
Time = 7:20-8:00am
Total = 452

Sex
Male = 360 (80%)
Female = 92 (20%)

Bike Type
Road = 195 (43%)
Other* = 257 (57%)

Bike per Sex
Male Road = 175 (49%)
Male Other* = 185 (51%)
8 citycycles included
Female Road = 20 (22%)
Female Other* = 72 (78%)
6 citycycles included

* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars

General Note
- Not all bike passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrian
- This count includes cyclists going both east and west
- This count was conducted just west of the Hale Street Bridge with counter sitting in the shade under the Overpass
- Between 30-50% of road cyclists were in groups or seamed to be out riding for exercise and not commuting
- Due to the count was conducted 5 mins later then previous counts and is not directly comparable
- The weather was clear skies and cool to brisk temperature

South East Bikeway Count 20120517
Time = 7:25-8:05am
Total = 223

Sex
Male = 180 (81%)
Female = 43 (19%)

Bike Type
Road = 73 (33%)
Other* = 150 (67%)

Bike per Sex
Male Road = 63 (35%)
Male Other* = 117 (65%)
Female Road = 10 (23%)
Female Other* = 33 (77%)

* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars

General Note
- Not all bikes passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrians as they are not permitted on the bikeway
- This count includes cyclists going both North and South
- Due to this count beginning 10minutes later then the Bicentennial count the figures can not be directly compared.
- This count was conducted under the Vulture St overpass
- The weather was clear skies and cool to brisk temperature.

Normanby Ped/Cycle Link Count 20120518
Time = 7:25-8:05am
Total = 105

Sex
Male = 82 (78%)
Female = 23 (22%)

Bike Type
Road = 41 (39%)
Other* = 64 (61%)

Bike per Sex
Male Road = 34 (41%)
Male Other* = 48 (59%)
Female Road = 7 (30%)
Female Other* = 16 (70%)

* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars

General Note
- Not all bikes passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrians
- This count includes cyclists going both North and South
- Due to this count beginning 10minutes later then the Bicentennial count the figures can not be directly compared.
- This count was conducted at the southern end of link were it joins Parkland boulevard
- The weather was clear skies and cool temperature.

Kurilpa Bridge Count 20120521
Time = 7:15-7:55am
Total = 97

Sex
Male = 74 (76%)
Female = 23 (24%)

Bike Type
Road = 36 (37%)
Other* = 61 (63%)

Bike per Sex
Male Road = 27 (36%)
Male Other* = 47 (64%)
4 citycycle included
Female Road = 9 (39%)
Female Other* = 14 (61%)
1 citycycle included

* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars

General Note
- Not all bikes passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrians
- This count includes cyclists going both North and South
- Due to numbers increasing latter during count, future counts will be conducted at a later time in the future (approx. 10min).
- This count was conducted at the peak of the bridge
- The weather was clear skies and cool temperature.

Goodwill Bridge Count 20120522
Time = 7:25-8:05am
Total = 388

Sex
Male = 316 (81%)
Female = 72 (19%)

Bike Type
Road = 146 (38%)
Other* = 242 (62%)

Bike per Sex
Male Road = 125 (40%)
Male Other* = 191 (60%)
4 citycycle included
Female Road = 21 (29%)
Female Other* = 51 (71%)
2 citycycle included

* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars

General Note
- Not all bikes passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrians
- This count includes cyclists going both North and South
- Due to this count beginning 10minutes later then the Bicentennial count the figures cannot be directly compared.
- This count was conducted at the peak of the bridge
- The weather was clear skies and cool temperature.

[slarv]

Never knew bike watching was a legit hobby. Do you use a pen n paper?

[marinmomma]

What day was this done Donald?

Normally I ride in on the SE Freeway path, one of the 19%/10% of female riders who rides a drop bar roadie, including a backpack!
Nice stats.

I thought that there was some kind of counter on the bike path recently near where the path goes down to the river parallel to the freeway?
Was that your set-up or a government thing?

[beauyboy]

yes pen and paper best way to count when you are trying to break up figures.

no sport just boredom and then frustation that council is not doing it themselves and releasing the figures

Donald

[beauyboy]

OK i did
bicentennial last wednesday
SE Bikeway last Thursday
Normaby last Friday
Kurilpa this Monday
Goodwill this Tuesday

Like the notes say I was parked up under the Vulture st Underpass up on the concrete out of the way.
I wanted to not stand out that much in case someone thought i was some kind of whackO.

well I am some kind of whackO but thats another thing

Yes I think you may have spotted me

Donald

[marinmomma]

OK i did

Yes I think you may have spotted me

Donald

I think that you misunderstood me, there was a black box attached to the fence and two black cords (sorry for the lack of tech knowledge here with my description!) running across the width of the path, looked like an official counting setting up.

Thursday on the SE path, I was probably counted then

[beauyboy]

oh yes that is Government stuff. What I wanted to do with my count is break up the numbers a little to see who was riding.

Donald

[RobM]

Was that you counting Bikes on the bikeway under the Vulture Street overpass this morning?

[beauyboy]

Yep that was me, still bored as bat sh*t (no work atm) so have out been doing counts this week.
I'll post the figures next week.

Donald

[RobM]

What was the tally this morning? Im guessing most fell between 7:30am-8:30am.

You might need to start a seperate tally for the riders without any lights that i see on the ride home
Still, not as dumb as the other rider i passed with a red flasher on the front of his bike. Talk about inviting a head-on collision

[ColinOldnCranky]

I sometimes do a gender count of a hundred cyclists part way into my journey at about the time boredom is setting in. It's somewhere between Canning and Narrows Birdges. I can report that during morning commute time the split is around 16 to 17% women. Max ever was 24% and as low as 10%.

Without actually doing a conscious count I do notice a much higher incidence than that of women earlier though, between 5:30 and 6:00am around Bateman/Bull Creek/Brentwood.

Never formed much of an impression on weekend traffic though there are lots more than 17% women represented at the coffee shop.

(I really do need to get a life!)

[beauyboy]

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=54879

as I have posted the results of my latest count I will lock this thread to avoid duplication of threads

Donald

and yes we have no life counting bikes