Does your council use Strava to measure demand ?
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/30/michael-horvath-strava-co-founder-profile
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/30/michael-horvath-strava-co-founder-profile
Yes that's true ,but at least it gives planners some idea of numbers because their not going to be bothered doing a proper surveySurely it'll only really inform how many people have taken up strava, not how many people have taken up cycling?
Presumably their is a figure for the percentage of cyclists using Strava and hence the figures can be extrapolated to a reasonable approximation.
The problem with using Strava for data is that you automatically only select the type of people who use Strava
Which probably doesn't include a lot of leisure cyclists and but does include a lot of 'serious' cyclists who are bothered about stats and segments and all that stuff
Agree wholeheartedly with this! It's POINTLESS having a cycle route signed if 20m, 200m or 2km, down said path there is an unnegotiable - and unmentioned! - barrier for a person on a cycle. Even with my small, relatively-lightweight folding bike, there are some barriers locally with which I have difficulty.it is time cycle route signage included a symbol for type of bike(s) it was suited for
A simple bike graphics should suffice MTB, Gravel, Road; the awkward barriers to stop motor cycles seem to being changed slowly to ones that let a straight handlebar bike through.Mind you I would want those symbols and warnings to be actually meaningful and reliable - ie useful!