Are you one of the countless bicyclists that crosses the Manhattan Bridge every day? Tell the city you count! Support the installation of a bicycle counting totem at the Manhattan Bridge bicycle ramp in Brooklyn.

The totem has two primary goals:

(1) Increase the number of bicycle commuters
A visible display of the number of cyclists who traversed the bridge that day is intended to encourage bicycling. Showing cyclists that they're counted incentivizes bikers to use the route whenever possible.

(2) Give the public access to the bicycle commuting dataset
In 2014, the DOT installed sensors at the East River Bridges to run a 24/7 count of cyclist commuters.  That live data should be available to the public via the city’s open data portal, Socrata. This will invite independent civic developers to create tools and visualizations that aid cyclists, and illuminate that facts about bicycling in New York.

This totem can be paired with necessary improvements to the plaza under the Manhattan Bridge, like better lighting and way-finding signage for people walking and biking across the bridge.

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Thank you for showing your support!