Hi-viz public bike counter
NYC's first public bike counter! Imagine a counter for bikes, used by community projects around NYC. Now imagine the numbers on the screen are legible from 100 ft. That's the super bright public bike counter.
Leader
Frank Hebbert
Location
334 Montgomery Street Brooklyn, NY 11225
About the project
Imagine a portable counting device to measure bike traffic, used for community projects around NYC. Now imagine the numbers on the screen are legible from 100 ft away. That's the hi-viz bright bike counter.
With technical help from the talented team at Tomorrow Lab (http://tomorrow-lab.com/) , we're creating this tool to help communities gather data about biking, and be seen doing it. Tomorrow Lab are kindly donating their time to prototype and build the counter. Planning Corps is fundraising to cover material costs.
Once the counter is ready, Planning Corps will go out and offer its visible, effective counting services to community groups in the city!
The Steps
Tomorrow Lab started work on a protoype bike counter already, we're going to use the money we raise to cover material costs. Once the counter is ready, we will carry out counts on key places with a lot of bike traffic, like the Hudson River Greenway and the East River Bridges. With Citi Bike, we're excited to see the totals reaching five figures on a sunny day.