+7.7% more bike trips this year through November on the Spokane Street Bridge compared to same time in 2018. 2018 ended at 8.6% above 2017.
Seattle Bike Blog has a post about the awesome increases at the Fremont Bridge. The 24/7 bike counters in Fremont, West Seattle and on Second Avenue downtown confirm the trend is citywide.
Ridership would surely be even higher if we were not contending this year with
- the Avalon Way paving project;
- riding through the middle of a large homeless encampment on an isolated stretch of trail (now cleared);
- the messy and confusing Alaskan Way viaduct demo work;
- lack of progress on bike master plan implementation.
On the plus side this year:
- good weather in January and November (offset by ice and snow in February) and a summer without smoke;
- traffic congestion, including crowded buses slowed by Viaduct demo impacts;
- increasing popularity of e-bikes.
- What else?
