2011 Mileage count survey

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  • #934155
    pfunkallstar
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    I’ve plugged in my numbers for the year, somewhere between 4,900 and 5,200 depending on a few weekend rides that I can’t remember. Looking to keep up the 95% bike commuting this year. Dirt brings up an interesting point about the CO2 – it is a somewhat artificial number, but one that also makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside: http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/carbon_calculators/category/Assumptions. Since I would normally take metro, my CO2 savings are actually pretty low (.35 kg/mile) it works out to about 1,900 kg or so per year.

    #934156
    americancyclo
    Participant

    nearly 169,000 miles between 39 folks! keep the numbers coming!

    #934171
    Tim Kelley
    Participant

    @americancyclo 12477 wrote:

    Anyone from BikeArlington or WABA want to weigh in on the commonly used definitions of a bicycle trip and how best to explain that in the survey?

    I’d go with counting one way as a trip. So a daily roundtrip commute would count as two trips.

    #934181
    dasgeh
    Participant

    I put mine in. I had to guess big time. I hope I didn’t throw anything off — midway I accidentally hit Enter, which took me to the confirmation page. So americancylco, please disregard my first, incomplete entry.

    Thanks for compiling!

    G

    #934182
    Dirt
    Participant

    @Tim Kelley 12595 wrote:

    I’d go with counting one way as a trip. So a daily roundtrip commute would count as two trips.

    Other commuting/riding counting undertakings that I’ve taken part in do it this way.

    #934188
    Mark Blacknell
    Participant

    How many angels can ride on the head of a pin?

    #934199
    Riley Casey
    Participant

    What he said

    @Mark Blacknell 12612 wrote:

    How many angels can ride on the head of a pin?

    #934219
    americancyclo
    Participant

    47 responders, 191,000 miles. can we get to 200,000?

    #934232
    SilverSpring
    Participant

    “No number is too small”…which I appreciate, since I seem to have taken a great many trips, but all itty-bitty by everyone else’s benchmark….

    #934236
    dbb
    Participant

    @SilverSpring 12659 wrote:

    “No number is too small”

    I think this is really important, because the policy and political types at Arlington County and the region need to see cyclists as more than just the hard-core riders. While 47 riders and 191K miles is impressive, I think the more compelling number would be 1200 riders with 300K miles. That says that cycling is more than a small group thing and is widely used for recreation, daily transportation, and commuting.

    The form allows non forum members to respond. Please encourage others you know to participate. Please invite your friends who may cycle less frequently to participate. Please copy the following text and send it to your friends, neighbors, and loved ones who ride to encourage them to participate.

    The members of Bike Arlington and Washington Area Bicyclist Association are conducting an informal survey of bike riding and bike commuting in 2011. The data will be used to demonstrate cycling is a viable and important transportation option in the region. Even though you may not be a daily cyclist, your data in the survey will help show how large the community of riders is in the area. You don’t have to live in Arlington to participate in the survey. Please accept my invitation to participate in this survey. You can submit your information anonymously if you would like.

    To participate, please go to http://goo.gl/hpK3o. The following info is requested:

    1) Total miles ridden for the year (excluding indoor cycling on stationary bikes and trainers). Your best estimate is fine. Please combine commuting and recreational miles ridden anywhere (not just the DC metro area). Include Capital Bikeshare miles, bike rentals, etc.

    2) Total trips (your best estimate is fine). Please combine commuting and recreational trips. A commute (two ways ) counts as two trips.

    3) Whether you are male or female (optional). Researchers always say women’s participation is an indicator of whether cycling is taking off in an area (due to perceived safety issues) so that is why I think this would be an interesting statistic to collect.

    4) If you bike commute, the jurisdictions you travel between.

    5) If you want your data to remain anonymous.

    #934251
    vvill
    Participant

    @dbb 12663 wrote:

    A commute counts as two trips.

    I feel like this should read as “A return commute counts as two trips.” I’ve done one-way commutes before, and I know a colleague who brings the bike in his car, and then rides home (his girlfriend has longer hours so she drives back later).

    #934254
    americancyclo
    Participant

    @vvill 12679 wrote:

    I feel like this should read as “A return commute counts as two trips.” I’ve done one-way commutes before, and I know a colleague who brings the bike in his car, and then rides home (his girlfriend has longer hours so she drives back later).

    dbb’s text may come from earlier in the thread

    That question on the form reads:

    Total Number of Trips by Bicycle (count a round trip commute as two trips)

    #934257
    KLizotte
    Participant

    @dbb 12663 wrote:

    IThe form allows non forum members to respond. Please encourage others you know to participate. Please invite your friends who may cycle less frequently to participate. Please copy the following text and send it to your friends, neighbors, and loved ones who ride to encourage them to participate.

    Done sir. I’ve just sent this text out to all of my co-workers and a similar version yesterday to the cycling listserv forum at DOT. Hopefully we’ll get a few more responses.

    #934260
    Riley Casey
    Participant

    My first thought was to click the like button on this post and leave it at that but it occurs to me that perhaps more is needed. We here on the forum are on the head of the pin. I often ride downtown during the business day ( I have a very odd schedule ) and see legions of 20 & 30 somethings rolling around on CABIs and personal bikes – with women seemingly in numbers close to those of men. It seems unlikely that the bulk of those people are WABA members let alone forum readers. They probably are readers of general interest urban culture blogs though. At age sixty I’m a bit out of the loop on exactly what those blogs are but I’m sure that there are people here a bit more tuned in and perhaps a message to the writers of those blogs with the suggested notice about the poll would be a good direction as well.

    @dbb 12663 wrote:

    I think this is really important, because the policy and political types at Arlington County and the region need to see cyclists as more than just the hard-core riders. While 47 riders and 191K miles is impressive, I think the more compelling number would be 1200 riders with 300K miles. That says that cycling is more than a small group thing and is widely used for recreation, daily transportation, and commuting.

    snip …

    #934261
    americancyclo
    Participant

    @Riley Casey 12688 wrote:

    perhaps a message to the writers of those blogs with the suggested notice about the poll would be a good direction as well.

    I wrote an email to Washcycle and GreaterGreaterWashington

    I have not submitted to the Washingtonian’s top 5: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/health/wellbeing/22139.html

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