Chris, I have done 3 counts on the Lincoln Road LRL Crossing. All were for 2 hours 7.00am to 9.00am . First on June 10th a total tally of 231. There was no break down of directions for this. Count on August 2nd , a total of 260. Of this 131 (50 % ) were city bound along Lincoln Road direct . 61 (23 % ) were exclusively on the LRL cycleway heading from the SE toward Middleton. 47 (18 % ) switched from one route to the other. Equal numbers of these moved from LRL onto Lincoln Road to continue to the city or changed to the LRL from Lincoln Road to continue towards Middleton. Only 8% were heading to Halswell on Lincoln Road direct or toward Barrington Street on the cycleway direct.

Third count on Jan 15th totalled 370. Whilst mostly the directional breakdowns were proportionally similar to previously , the most significant % increase by comparison was traffic on the LRL directly heading SE to NW to Middleton ( 61 to 95 ) . If this trend continues it does bode well for the LRL to become a worthy link for cycle commuting between southern residential areas and the western employment areas.

Correct, the diamonds indicate the best placed to be detected, either by an underground detector loop or one of the newer overhead detectors. In many cases though on dedicated cycleways you have a fair bit of a margin for error, as the sensitivity is quite high; for cycle detectors on the road you may need to be a bit more precise to trigger them.

You’ll be pleased to know that CCC is already using Strava data for some analysis. Notwithstanding its inherent user biases, focusing on the commuting trip times is revealing some useful patterns for where the main cycling routes are.