What I find interesting about the chart is the low overall BOB usage - 100 or 
so a month out of 40,000 total rides. I'd be curious to know if that represents 
a decent number of people using it occasionally, or four or five guys using it 
for a regular commute. One person could easily account for most of the increase 
if she used it for commuting 20 days with a round trip each day.



On Oct 26, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Mary Ebeling <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> When I managed the nonmotorized pilot program in Sheboygan County, we were 
> able to pay for bike racks on Sheboygan Transit buses.  We asked drivers to 
> push a button on the farebox to record bike rack usage. Transit sent me 
> quarterly updates and I started tracking usage. The program continued 
> updating the information after I left.  I just got a chart from them a few 
> weeks ago. I've attached it.  I love this chart and how it shows, among other 
> trends, the dramatic increase of the use of the racks over time. 
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> Mary Ebeling
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> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Schaefer, William 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Metro Transit staff has told me they have no way to count usage of the bike 
> racks so I’d be curious to find out how MCTS did it. Don’t know if they ask 
> drivers to push a button on the farebox or if they have an automated way of 
> counting.
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> Bill Schaefer, Transportation Planning Manager
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> Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - An MPO
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> 121 S. Pinckney St., #400
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> Madison, WI 53703
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> PH:   (608) 266-9115
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> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Schlabowske
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:38 PM
> To: MILBTW; Bikies
> Subject: [Bikies] bikes on buses up 50% in MKE
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> Anyone have the Madison figures for bike boardings?  It would be interesting 
> to compare since they have had racks for so long, but the Madison bike mode 
> share is so much higher.
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> http://www.bfw.org/2011/10/26/bike-use-on-milwaukee-buses-up-50-in-2011/
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> Yours in cycling,
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> Dave Schlabowske
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> Communications Director
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> Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
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