The D.C. area had plenty of hot streaks in February, and Arlington’s bicyclists took advantage. BikeArlington’s analysis of bike-counter data found most routes exceeded the average since 2014 (when counters were installed) by upwards of 200 percent.
That record proved to be short lived as counts of 1,609 (Feb. 23) and 1,559 (Feb. 24) lead a string of high ridership days to close out the month, making February 2017 the busiest bike February we’ve seen since we started our counter program in 2009. How busy?
Looking at four counters from around the County, the numbers were about 250 percent (or 2.5 times!) the previous 3-year averages for total February counts.