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I can't wait to see the CABI numbers for today, because there were bikes everywhere. Bike racks were packed as were trails and lanes. Dudes in lycra and families with cargo bikes. Not one of those trips would get counted in any study though, because they weren't commuter trips. Just recreation, shopping, entertainment, etc. So they don't count. [/quote]

Capital Bikeshare numbers, by themselves, are meaningless.

What you want to know is how many people on bikes would have driven otherwise. If bicyclists would have otherwise walked or taken the bus or ridden the subway, then who gives a shit if they took a bike instead?

The *only* metric that matters is the number of drivers converted into bicyclists and it is ridiculous that the city doesn't have that information. [/quote]

Why is that the "only" metric that matters? [b]Even if not a single driver is converted to a cyclist, it would still be beneficial to create better and safer cycling infrastructure to protect cyclists regardless of what mode they did or didn't use before.[/b]

That's like saying the DOT shouldn't have mandated airbags unless it increased auto sales. [/quote]

ok, well if all you're saying is that you want the government to spend billions of dollars to subsidize the hobby of an infinitesimal number of rich white guys, then don't get all high minded about it and pretend that bike lanes provide any benefit whatsoever to anyone else. it would be cheaper and safer for everyone if you just took the bus. [/quote]

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