Podcast: Techpreneur William Henderson offers a new take on bike counts
“Bike counts are ultimately vehicle thinking translated into, ‘Okay, now let’s apply that to bike planning.'”
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“Bike counts are ultimately vehicle thinking translated into, ‘Okay, now let’s apply that to bike planning.'”
As e-bike purchase incentive programs grow, having data to justify their impact could be key. “I think we have an opportunity to harness what’s happening with e-bikes and make it much more impactful.” – William Henderson, Ride App Ride App, a smartphone application started in Portland that automatically tracks bike rides, has relaunched after going … Read more
The ride will continue, the app will not.
Arming cities with data to manage micromobility fleets.
“The Alice Awards are cool again.”
Big data in our streets.
They were the first such awards for the 10-year-old site.
The app asks a simple question about every ride: Thumbs up or thumbs down?
It’d be a new, lightning-fast way of planning bike infrastructure, the founder says.
Do bikes count? They could.