BikesCount report for Sunday 26th May 2013
- Photo credit: Vicki Coughlan
| Location | Sunday May 2012 | Sunday May 2013 | ||
| Route 6 | ||||
| Honeysuckle Dve, west end | 175 | 220 | 126% | |
| Route 6, Hannel St | 137 | 189 | 138% | |
| Route 6, TAFE | 113 | 100 | 88% | Note:1 hr x2 |
| Route 6, Wartah Stn | 46 | |||
| Route 6, Maud St | – | |||
| Moore St near Regal cinema | – | |||
| East west | ||||
| Jesmond Park/JHH | – | |||
| Howe St-Croudace Rd | 32 | |||
| Turton Rd/ Sports centre | 66 | 79 | 120% | |
| Showground, Markets. | 82 | |||
| Beaumont St/ Donald St | 86 | |||
| King St /Markettown | 72 | 69 | 96% | |
| Civic Park corner | 91 | 80 | 88% | |
| Coastal Cycleway | ||||
| Fernleigh /Kalaroo Rd | 198 | 285 | 144% | |
| Fernleigh Track/Dibbs St | 224 | 257 | 115% | |
| Glebe Rd/ Teralba Rd | 114 | |||
| Parkway / Union St | 58 | |||
| Stockton Wharf | – | |||
| Mackie Ave/St James Rd | 68 | 88 | 129% | |
| Dixon Park/ bathers way | ||||
| North South / Kotara | 28 | |||
| Glebe Rd/ Gordon Ave | – | |||
| Industrial Dv-Maitland Rd | 47 | |||
| Industrial Dve/Tourle St | – | |||
| Industrial Dve, William St | 68 | 65 | 96% | |
| Queens wharf | 148 | 148 | ||
| Booragul/ 5 Islands | – | |||
| Glenrock/ Gunclub Rd | 100 | |||
| Nobbys Breakwater | 72 |
BikesCount report for Sunday 26th May 2013
Twelve spotters counted cyclists for 2 hours from 8am till 10am, on a bright but cold morning. Total cyclists 1577 , of whom 18% were female. This is a lower proportion of females than last year, (26%). We also counted parent child pairs: 34 =2.2%
Total for comparison, same sites 1360 vs 1580 = 16.2% increase. There is a trend of increasing numbers on the best tracks ie Fernleigh Track and Throsby Creek and mixed results elsewhere. This could also be because lower numbers are more prone to random fluctuation. At this rate cycling will double every 4.5 years.
The number of cyclists on the Fernleigh and Throsby Creek tracks just keeps going up, with more patchy results elsewhere. We believe this is because many new people will cycle where they feel safe, and that the best place to build cycleways to get high use would be where they connect to and extend one of these popular existing routes.
We will do another count on a Tuesday in October, and will have to recruit some new counters to keep the coverage up.