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The unseasonably warm weather that the DC region experienced this past winter is quite apparent in the numbers taken using Arlington County's automated counters. Take a look at the above graph to see how bicycle ridership on the trails saw a huge spike from February to March, in some cases more than doubling! *Note that the steep decrease for March at W&OD Columbia Pike numbers was due in part to a counter malfunction.
But how does these numbers compare to year over year changes? Let's take a look at February & March numbers from past years at our longest running counter on the Custis Trail at the top of the hill near Rosslyn:
February, 2010 - 933 (snowmageddon!)
February, 2011 - 12766
February, 2012 - 20968
March, 2010 - 23362
March, 2011 - 24027
March, 2012 - 37465
That's a pretty impressive increase in 2012!
(Edited to change March, 2009 to March, 2010)
BikeArlington is an initiative of Arlington County, Virginia to encourage and enable more people to go by bike more often. To stay up to date on biking in Arlington, follow BikeArlington on Twitter or visit the Washington Area Bike Forum.
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