http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New cycle counters en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:02:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501&page=2#post-234200 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:59:12 +0000 jdanielp 234200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unless I've been particularly unobservant recently, a new anonymous grey box cycle counter has just appeared by the canal towpath to the east of Hermiston House Road Bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501&page=2#post-233454 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:15:32 +0000 Frenchy 233454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's play "Spot POP"</p> <p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ocVozfm.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/ocVozfm.png</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233390 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 15:37:33 +0000 jdanielp 233390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes, I should have looked further up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233380 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 12:13:47 +0000 Klaxon 233380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jdaniel: this isn't the big one with the display. It's a waist height anonymous grey box.</p> <p>Iwrats: It does explain the data format a wee bit</p> <p>Counters come in the form of two-sensor or four-sensor depending on width required to cover. Data is then recorded at hourly intervals for each sensor to the file.</p> <p>It's really not unlikely that the data collection is actually done in CSV. This will be a simple embedded computer with limited storage and processing power. With these limitations it's easy and space efficient to write a line to a file once an hour. I work with a system at work that records each event in CSV and use a vendor supplied tool to filter and search.</p> <p>What I've not seen is anything stating the direction of each sensor (so yes after all that I agree it's not that useful a data set, but easily fixed) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233378 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:49:37 +0000 I were right about that saddle 233378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is an object lesson in how not to share data. The data set I had a look at seems to end in 2013 and there's no hint at what four of the fields signify. Nor can I tell where on the long named street the counter might be.</p> <p>Data without context are just numbers, not information. And CSV files are the work of the devil. The data will be in queryable format already somewhere and I resent having to build them back into that form after they've been mangled through CSV. Harumph. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233377 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:27:14 +0000 jdanielp 233377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Klaxon that seems strange. I rarely see it without at least a couple of hundred counts by half eight ish in the mornings, and it is usually well over 1000 going on 2000+ in the evenings mid-week. Perhaps it is not communicating the collected data successfully back to the central hub? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233366 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:36:03 +0000 jules878 233366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The numbers at Edinburgh Quay have seemed very low (compared to usual) for the last few days. I was wondering why given weather remains fair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233349 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:24:13 +0000 Klaxon 233349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The data collected seems unreliable. Even the Middle Meadow Walk is barely clocking over 100 counts a day and it has many days with 0 recorded counts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-233347 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:04:58 +0000 Stickman 233347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Council have made the cycle counter data available. Have fun, data geeks!</p> <p><a href="http://data.edinburghopendata.info/dataset/bike-counter-data-set-cluster" rel="nofollow">http://data.edinburghopendata.info/dataset/bike-counter-data-set-cluster</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-185023 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:17:48 +0000 chdot 185023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/rSmnkS"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8693/16978718036_1dee1fa8a6.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184352 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:42:54 +0000 jdanielp 184352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, I forgot to mention that another counter seems to have popped up on NMW along the section west of MMW. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184351 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:02:30 +0000 condor2378 184351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Luath, ahh gotcha. I proceed down Canaan lane so technically should still be going over them, though this time at speed so eyes forward and not down, which is why I might have missed them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184348 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:26:03 +0000 Luath 184348@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@condor2378 I've given up with the poor surface part of Whitehouse Loan. These counters are at the nicely surface southern end between Blackford Road and Newbattle Terrace. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184346 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:14:50 +0000 condor2378 184346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I cycled up/down Whitehouse Loan 4 times yesterday and didn't notice these at all, which is surprising as the road surface is so bad there I'm looking down more than looking forward. I'll be going along it again tonight disguised as a runner so shall keep my eyes peeled. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184345 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:07:26 +0000 Luath 184345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot agreed, I cycled past (i.e. not over) both the counters on Whitehouse Loan yesterday. Is there someone this should get reported to? I'd hate to think all my cycle journeys along that route weren't getting counted! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184112 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:32:20 +0000 kaputnik 184112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's one in Roseburn park. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-184095 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:44:17 +0000 chdot 184095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Noticed the one on Whitehouse Loan today (NOT near the Bike Co-op). </p> <p>Seemed to only have detectors a few from the kerb (double black lines). </p> <p>If so, won't be counting me very often as turn right into Blackford Road and coming back turn right at the bottom of the hill so will usually be well over towards the middle if there's nothing coming down WL when I turn left from Blackford Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183889 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:27:50 +0000 jdanielp 183889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like another counter is going on NMW at the north-east corner of the tennis courts. A huge truck was parked on the bicycle path nearby, along with a couple of smaller vehicles. They was some obvious damage to the grass right next to the work. The Innocent to Meadows route appears to be coming along relatively quickly just around the corner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183883 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:30:38 +0000 bdellar 183883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If that *is* one on the Prom in Porty, it's also badly placed. Lots of folk turn off at Bath Street, to head into Porty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183875 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:18:27 +0000 jdanielp 183875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Nelly I think I spotted the Harrison Park counter on the way home last night; if so it is on the towpath, just to the east of the long bridge between the bits of park. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183872 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:00:31 +0000 urchaidh 183872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One on Portobello Prom by the sailing club?</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/urchaidh/status/579010987736621056" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/urchaidh/status/579010987736621056</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183783 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:32:45 +0000 steveo 183783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seemed to be a new counter on the Broomhouse path but not the fancy type with displays. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183781 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:28:47 +0000 Stickman 183781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>eddie_h: yes, the loops at Pinkhill are exactly as you described. They aren't as prominent as the ones at Roseburn, so probably why I didn't notice them until you pointed them out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183773 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:45:14 +0000 kaputnik 183773@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>by jumping up and down for a minute or two</em></p> <p>you don't even need to jump, you can achieve the same by just walking heavy-footed along the strips, with one foot on each. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183752 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:00:34 +0000 neddie 183752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The one on the Pinkhill path was removed a year or two ago. Now it is put back. I think it has 2 induction loops, one for the path to Balgreen , the other on the ramp down to Glendevon / on-road route to Roseburn. So maybe it keeps 2 counts... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183751 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:53:46 +0000 Nelly 183751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My son and his mate added 50 to the one at Peters Yard last Saturday by jumping up and down for a minute or two...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183740 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:04:38 +0000 lorlane 183740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The counter at Edinburgh Quay doesn't register my passing any more - wonder if the sensors are needing calibrated. As I cycled towards it at the weekend it was at 49 and both me and a lady walking towards me looked in anticipation but nope; nothing.</p> <p>Crestfallen. It does mean the counter is not feeding an accurate account back to whoever this info goes. Where does it go and what do they do with it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183734 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:28:08 +0000 Stickman 183734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, that's the one. </p> <p>I didn't notice the loops - will have a closer look tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183732 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:57:59 +0000 HankChief 183732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stickman - Are you taking about the grey box at the East end of the Pinkhill platform?</p> <p>I think it has always been there but it definitely looks like it has been newly uncovered/visited.</p> <p>I counted 3 sets of loops in the ground (black outlines of a rectangle with a corner cut off). The westernmost one of these is before the ramp down the hill, so I think it is being covered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14501#post-183731 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:17:33 +0000 Stickman 183731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noticed the one in Roseburn Park has now been installed. </p> <p>Also, is there one on the Pinkhill path as well? It's not mentioned on the list, but a small electrical-style box has appeared at the side of the path, similar to the one in the park. I didn't notice any strips on the ground. </p> <p>If it is a counter then they havent installed it in the correct place to capture the true number of cyclists using the path. It's east of the junction with the path down to the golf course. Given almost all people use this turn-off it won't capture them; just the smaller number heading to/from the tram stop. </p>