Comments on: 2008 Oakland County ped and bike crashes http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/08/09/2008-oakland-county-ped-and-bike-crashes/ Promoting non-motorized transportation in the Motor City Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Royal Oak accepts non-motorized proposal | m-bike.org http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/08/09/2008-oakland-county-ped-and-bike-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-2184 Royal Oak accepts non-motorized proposal | m-bike.org Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=2593#comment-2184 [...] is great news, especially in light of the recent bad news regarding non-motorized [...] [...] is great news, especially in light of the recent bad news regarding non-motorized [...]

]]> By: Joel Batterman http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/08/09/2008-oakland-county-ped-and-bike-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Joel Batterman Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:42:50 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=2593#comment-2179 It's possible that this data set tracks the amount of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in each community more closely than anything else. It would be best read in the context of the U.S. Census/ American Community Survey data on the number of bike/walk commuters in each town. Without adjusting for population or mode split, it's hard to get a sense of relative safety. Pretty telling that no one has done this before... It’s possible that this data set tracks the amount of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in each community more closely than anything else. It would be best read in the context of the U.S. Census/ American Community Survey data on the number of bike/walk commuters in each town. Without adjusting for population or mode split, it’s hard to get a sense of relative safety.

Pretty telling that no one has done this before…

]]> By: Todd Scott http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/08/09/2008-oakland-county-ped-and-bike-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Todd Scott Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:22:46 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=2593#comment-2172 Good point, Dave. As I was posting this, I realized I need to do more analysis. What is going on in Southfield? It is a major work center so perhaps these are due to more people biking to work. We might be able to confirm that based on the time of day in which the crashes occurred. Good point, Dave. As I was posting this, I realized I need to do more analysis. What is going on in Southfield? It is a major work center so perhaps these are due to more people biking to work. We might be able to confirm that based on the time of day in which the crashes occurred.

]]> By: Dave Hurst http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/08/09/2008-oakland-county-ped-and-bike-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Dave Hurst Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:32:22 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=2593#comment-2168 No doubt R.O. is still tops, but its interesting that Southfield now matches R.O. with 44 combined crashes in '08. This almost doubles where it was last year (about 23 combined in 2007 - not sure that exact number is right from your 2007 chart). This is driven by pedestrian crashes, but both pedestrian and bicycle crashes are up from '07. What the heck is going on in Southfield? No doubt R.O. is still tops, but its interesting that Southfield now matches R.O. with 44 combined crashes in ’08. This almost doubles where it was last year (about 23 combined in 2007 – not sure that exact number is right from your 2007 chart). This is driven by pedestrian crashes, but both pedestrian and bicycle crashes are up from ’07. What the heck is going on in Southfield?

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