Tempe Bike Count 2013 Needs Volunteers!
The 3rd annual Tempe Bike Count takes place in just three weeks, on March 26-28. Training meetings are in just two weeks. Each of 50 intersections has an AM shift and a PM shift. 76 of those 100 shifts are still available. You can sign up for just one 2 hour shift, or more shifts on more days if you want.
If you think you can make it, please sign up now to reserve your intersection, and so that I know that we’re going to have enough people, but do let me (scrottie@biketempe.org) know if you have to cancel or switch days.
RSVPs for training dates are used to figure out how much pizza to order. Local comedian Tim Tagtmeyer will introduce the Bike Count and all of the ways to get confused that you never even thought of.
When:
The count will take place over three days. Each volunteer counts during commuting hours, with morning (7:00am to 9:00am) or afternoon (4:00pm to 6:00pm) shifts (or both).
- Tuesday, March 26th
- Wednesday, March 27th
- Thursday, March 28th
For full details on the Tempe Bike Count and to sign up please go to: https://www.biketempe.org/events/bike-count/
Why:
Traffic Engineering responds well to serious safety problems. People ride bikes even where safe infrastructure doesn’t exist. Often, the only way through is on roads like Southern, McClintock, or Rural, where bicycles were not taken into consideration. The Bike Count lets us show the city where cyclists overwhelmingly feel they have to ride on the sidewalk, something that the city knows is not safe. It also shows the City of Tempe how many bicycles do come out where safe facilities do exist, which helps them with their goals of smug reduction and congestion reduction. The raw data has been requested by environmental engineering firms, traffic engineering grad students, and others. The Bike Count is a fantastic way to encourage making Tempe bicycle friendly, and to quantify progress. It helps the city help us!
Afterparty:
We’re throwing an appreciation party at Boulders on Broadway for our volunteers! Come turn in your count sheets, have a beer, and tell tales of the craziness you saw out there on the streets of Tempe.
