I just received the final bridge bike traffic counts.
Overall, the average daily number of bicyclists that ride across our four main downtown bridges (Steel, Broadway, Burnside, Hawthorne) was up 18% in 2006.
PDOT also has non-bridge bike traffic counts from about 20 or so other key locations throughout the city. They haven’t yet organized all the findings and I hope to have a more complete report soon, but my source at the City has shared several little nuggets.
First, here’s the final bridge breakdown:
Steel
- 2005: 2,112
- 2006: 2,373
- 12% increase
Broadway:
- 2005: 2,081
- 2006: 2,856
- 37% increase
Burnside:
- 2005: 1,170
- 2006: 1,260
- 8% increase
Hawthorne:
- 2005: 4,829
- 2006: 5,557
- 15% increase
Overall for four bridges:
- 2005:10,192
- 2006: 12,046
- 18% increase
And here are a few factoids from the non-bridge locations:
- N Vancouver & Russell: 215 cyclists in 2003 to 380 cyclists in ’06 from 7 to 9AM (an 78% increase)
- NE Weidler & 7th: 131 cyclists in ’04 to 241 cyclists in ’06, from 4 to 6PM (an 84% increase)
- SE Ladd Circle: 327 cyclists in ’04 to 470 in ’06, from 4-6PM (a 44% increase)
Very exciting numbers! Stay tuned for more as the counts are analyzed and digested by the cycling statisticians over at PDOT. We should be seeing some cool charts and graphs as they overlay bike traffic with crash data and other stats.