Currently the Bicentennial is going through an upgrade process. This upgrade is much needed as the corridor has been running at capacity for close to ten years now. According to figures from when the upgrade process began around 3 years ago the corridor was carrying 4000 pedestrian and cyclists movements a day. While this might sound like not much for a road this pretty much all a shared facility can carry safely without there being negative media stories ( and there has been plenty over the years). Just before Christmas the latest section opened with very little fan fair to my disappointment. While Brisbane Times ran a story and the CBD BUG posted the news of the opening on it's website, the Courier Trash (Mail) and BQ have completely ignored it at least on the online versions.
As I am a Nosey Bugger I went out and Had a look. I have to say it is very nice. While I am not a fan of the all out painting of green on the bike part of the path it will fad overtime.
What is more interesting, I have been supplied with these figures from a count that was done this morning. They enforce the fact the bikeway is heavily used and if you break them down it equals 10 bike passing the counter every minute(this is a combined East West number)
Bicentennial Bikeway Count 20120104
Time = 7:15-7:55am
Total = 441
Sex
Male = 362 (82%)
Female = 79 (18%)
Bike Type
Road = 259 (59%)
Other* = 182 (41%)
Bike per Sex
Male Road = 222 (61%)
Male Other* = 140 (39%)
Female Road = 37 (47%)
Female Other* = 42 (53%)
* = any bike that is not fitted with drop bar Handle Bars
General Note
- Not all bike passing were able to be counted
- This count did not include pedestrian
- This count includes cyclists going both east and west
- This count was conducted just west of the Hale Street Bridge
- Between 30-50% of road cyclists were in groups or seamed to be out riding for exercise and not commuting
The Newest Section in photos
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