Bike counts continue upward trend through winter.
Up 22.4% YTD over 2018 at the Spokane Street Bridge.
Bikes count! People riding bikes in January helped the city get through “Viadoom” without massive congestion, proving the cost-effective value of bikes for transportation. Demand exists, even in the darkest month, but we need safe streets to make it work. This is not the time for SDOT and the Mayor to back down on the Bicycle Master Plan and Move Seattle Levy commitment to build safe bike routes on Fauntleroy Way, Delridge Way, Sylvan/Orchard/Dumar, SW Roxbury and East Marginal Way S.
The Spokane Street Bridge 24/7/365 bike counter doesn’t count all bike rides in our area, but it shows the trends for people using bikes. It usually tracks closely with the Fremont Bridge trends. Looking at the bridge counts provides solid data vs. just surveys or one-day counts.
Up 65.6% in Jan 19 over Jan 18 during viaduct to tunnel transition.
Down 20.7% Feb 19 over Fab 18 during snow and ice (car and bus traffic was way down, too)
Up 19.2% Mar 19 over Mar 18.
Up 22.4% for year to date 2019 over 2018.
SDOT data, our graph.