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Bike counter coming very soon to the lower West Seattle Bridge

Yesterday was the busiest day yet recorded by the Fremont Bridge bike counter. 5,121 bike trips were made across the bridge, and there are no signs that we’re anywhere near our max yet. As the Fremont Bridge travelers are just … Continue reading

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Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips: If we get there, what should the reward be?

Last week’s Fremont Bridge bike count: 28,414. Another record-breaking week, but we need to do better if we want to top one million trips in 2013. What should our reward be for getting to one million? A big bike party … Continue reading

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Last week was the busiest ever recorded by the Fremont Bike Counter – Can we top 1M trips in 2013?

Last week, 22,052 people cycled across the Fremont Bridge, the highest number recorded since the electronic counter was installed in October. The count makes it clear that Seattle has a chance to break 1 million trips across the bridge in … Continue reading

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Graphing trends in Fremont bike trips by the hour and in the rain – UPDATED

It’s a kick to watch the Fremont Bridge Bike Counter tick up one notch as you pedal past it on your way across the Ship Canal. But the counter is also a source of never-before-seen real-time bicycle travel data in … Continue reading

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The Fremont bike counter hits 100,000 rider mark

The Fremont bike counter has reached the 100,000 mark in less than two months. That’s a lot of bikes!  

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What number are you? Fremont Bridge starts counting people on bikes

The city, Cascade Bicycle Club and the Mark & Susan Torrance Foundation celebrated the launch of the Fremont Bridge bicycle counter Thursday. The first bike across the sensor was a Madsen carrying two smiling people, the first of what will … Continue reading

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Fremont Bridge bike counter gets plugged-in Thursday

Delayed a week due to a technical issue, the Fremont Bridge bike counter is scheduled to start tallying people on bikes Thursday. Cascade Bicycle Club and the city will debut the counter during an 11 a.m. press event. People who … Continue reading

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Fremont Bridge bike counter will start ticking away Thursday – UPDATE: Delayed

Fremont Bridge bike counter! #SEAbikes twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) October 2, 2012 Update: The counter has been delayed another week, says Cascade: I got the call this morning that the display isn’t working properly. SDOT engineers were testing it yesterday, … Continue reading

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Biking in Seattle appears to grow, but SDOT bike count results are confusing

The number of people biking in Seattle in May 2012 grew a stunning 63 percent over May 2011. Maybe. The same count also showed a 40 percent decline in July 2012 compared to July 2011. SDOT recently released bike count … Continue reading

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Fremont bike counter, school bike train plans unveiled at City Hall Bike to Work Day rally

Cascade is pretty sure that Fremont’s bike counter will be the first such counter in the nation when it is unveiled this summer. The 7.5-foot-tall counter by Eco-Totem will tick away counting the number of people biking on either side … Continue reading

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