Count

Some mornings I count the other cyclists I see.  It’s a very unscientific way of seeing the numbers of cyclists rise as the weather warms up every spring.

The Chart:

(this chart should update automatically as I update the Google Doc where it is hosted)

Joe Bikes blog posts about the counts are here.

Here are the specifics:

1) I count the cyclists I see on my morning commute

2) My commuting route can vary, but is generally the same from day-to-day: I commute from Danforth and Woodbine to Danforth and Broadview,  the Bloor Viaduct and the Sherbourne and Wellesley Bikelanes.  Sometimes I take major streets, sometimes I’ll take sidestreets and alleyways.

3) My commute is about 30 minutes long – and can start and finish anytime between 7:00 and 9:00 am.

3) To be counted, a person must be riding or walking their bike.  A bike has to be being used.

4) the cyclists can be going in any direction – same way as me, opposite way as me… along cross-streets to my route, even parallel to my route (if I look up a sidestreet and see someone biking along a parallel street, they count)