Marin Bike Count - $28 Million Wasted

Marin Bike Count - $28 Million Wasted

Follow Marin Events

• Home • Up • Fight a Foreclosure in Court • Marin Rents are the Highest in the US • Cut Child Poverty by Half • Needed Gun Reform & Questions about guns in the United States • Tam School District to spend $450million • Save Santa Venetia from fire • USPS Petaluma replaced by Oakland • WHAT ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS • 2016 Election Measures • ABAG MTC Stifle Dissent • Marin's Law Suit against Fossil Fuel Corps. • AB 2406 Junior Dwelling Units • is a Marin Charter School being favored? • Marijuana in Marin • Cut the Cord or just cut Comcast • Reverse Mortgage • Noisey Neighbor • Security Breaches • Some ECLECTIC Shopping Catalogs • Marin Bike Count - $28 Million Wasted • John Muir Transcription Project • TRUE GOPHER STORY • High Sierra Lakes • Mill Valley Tree Fire Ordinance •
• •

Table B-3: Marin Weekday Peak-Hour Bicyclists Count, 1999-2013
http://www.Planning For Reality.org/ Walk Bike Marin 20m Failure

		Streets		1999			2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		Cost $ Mil	Date Completed
	1	Tiburon Blvd at Main Street, Tiburon		*			64		54		84		40		76		53		67
2			Miller Ave. at Throckmorton, Mill Valley		*	23		37		36		38		36		12		23
3			4th and B St.		*	31		19		35		43		33		21		31
4			Bridgeway at Princess St., Sausalito		45	129		184		121		127		40		207		314
5			San Anselmo Ave at Tunstead, Ave., San Anselmo		34	41		40		69		62		100		46		60
6			Broadway at Bolinas Rd., Fairfax		20	61		67		80		58		303		55		61
7			Grant Ave., at Redwood Blvd., Novato		12	21		17		14		14		25		70		9
8			Magnolia Ave. at Ward St., Larkspur		*	25		33		45		25		26		16		31
9			Mill Valley-Sausalito Path at E. Blithedale, Mill Valley		88	84		98		93		81		99		122		64
10			Mill Valley-Sausalito Path at Tennessee Valley Path, Tam Junction		42	101		156		116		166		114		153		112
11			Tiburon Bike Path at Blackie's Pasture, Tiburon		32	77		58		93		93		86		36		41
12			Larkspur-Corte Madera Path at Baltimore Wye		42	28		44		41		36		68		31		43
13			Corte Madera Creek Path at Bon Air Rd., Greenbrae		4	27		38		35		61		*		24		32
14			Medway Rd. at Belvedere St., San Rafael		*	55		80		51		49		41		40		36
15			Camino Alto at E. Blithedale, Mill Valley		*	36		33		18		93		20		12		8
16			Alameda Del Prado at Nave Drive, Ignacio		*	6		11		4		28		27		13		17
17			Ranchitos Rd at Puerto Suello Summit, San Rafael		16	22		11		15		65		101		29		17		21			Nov2009
18			Doherty Dr. at Hall Middle School, Larkspur		*	28		26		40		78		86		*		115
19			Sir Francis Drake at Wolfe Grade, Kentfield		22	9		12		10		88		40		51		5
20			Cal Park Tunnel Path, San Rafael		*	*		*		*		*		60		33		40		dozens			2012
21			South Novato Blvd. at Rowland; Novato		*	18		*		12		76		12		5		15		2.1			Dec2011
22			Bellam at Andersen (West Side), San Rafael		*	37		39		35		30		60		66		24
22x			Bellam at Andersen (East Side), San Rafael		16	21		*		25		26		29		*		*
23			Nicasio Valley Road near Nicasio School		*	*		*		*		*		*		*		*
	Average count all locations			31			43		53		49		63		67		52		53

	On the Federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: 2014 Report "Annual Count"
			the Fed. numbers don't exactly correspond				3,820		5,393		5,588		6,373		7,032		6,097		5,841

* = Data unavailable. SOURCE http://www.walkbikemarin.org/documents/CountsSurveys/2013%20Marin%20counts%20update.pdf

As you can see from the Averages – there is no increase worth mentioning. But more than this is the unconvincing data from the

three new Bike Paths where $28 Million of Taxpayer’s money was wasted.

http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_26058353/feds-hail-marins-28-million-bike-path-program

CONTACTS Neil Gaffney, a spokesman for the Federal Highway Administration hotline@oig.dot.gov

Federal: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/ntpp/2014_report/page09.cfm responsible: gabe.rousseau@dot.gov

Marin County
Annual Bike Count

2007 3,820

2008 5,393

2009 5,588

2010 6,373

2011 7,032

2012 6,097

2013 5,841

Awaiting answer from Gabe on what the numbers on his webpage mean and where do they come from.

FHWA DIVISION CALIFORNIA Aimee Kratovil AIMEE.KRATOVIL@DOT.GOV Matthew T Schmitz MATTHEW.SCHMITZ@FHWA.DOT.GOV

Was there an attempt to exclude the tourists renting bikes and traveling in Sausalito, Tiburon, Mill Valley? These bikes are clearly marked as rental.

• Fight a Foreclosure in Court • Marin Rents are the Highest in the US • Cut Child Poverty by Half • Needed Gun Reform & Questions about guns in the United States • Tam School District to spend $450million • Save Santa Venetia from fire • USPS Petaluma replaced by Oakland • WHAT ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS • 2016 Election Measures • ABAG MTC Stifle Dissent • Marin's Law Suit against Fossil Fuel Corps. • AB 2406 Junior Dwelling Units • is a Marin Charter School being favored? • Marijuana in Marin • Cut the Cord or just cut Comcast • Reverse Mortgage • Noisey Neighbor • Security Breaches • Some ECLECTIC Shopping Catalogs • Marin Bike Count - $28 Million Wasted • John Muir Transcription Project • TRUE GOPHER STORY • High Sierra Lakes • Mill Valley Tree Fire Ordinance •

Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to Info@marincounty.info Last modified: Thursday February 22, 2024.

Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to Info@marincounty.info
Last modified: Thursday February 22, 2024.