{"id":2587,"date":"2011-09-01T10:21:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:04:24","slug":"planners-work-to-find-biking-hot-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2011\/09\/planners-work-to-find-biking-hot-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Planners work to find biking hot spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Planners in Montgomery County are working to determine how to best accommodate bicyclists as the county continues to grow. They&#8217;ve created a tool known as a &#8220;heat map&#8221; to figure out the best places to invest in bike infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2588\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomeryplanning.org\/transportation\/bikeways\/documents\/Bike-Heat-Map-2011-08-17.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2588\" class=\"wp-image-2588 size-full\" title=\"Full County Heat Map\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap_Big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap_Big.jpg 500w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap_Big-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red indicates higher demand. Click for full version (PDF).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With limited funds, planners have to prioritize bike infrastructure, just like other types of infrastructure. This tool should help planners figure out which projects will have the biggest impact.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the primary bicycle hot spots are in the more urban communities in the downcounty area. Silver Spring, Bethesda, and Friendship Heights top the list of areas with high cycling demand.<\/p>\n<p>Wheaton, White Flint, and Rockville also have high demand for cycling infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2589\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomeryplanning.org\/transportation\/bikeways\/documents\/Bike-Heat-Map-2011-08-17.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2589\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2589\" title=\"Heat Map Downcounty\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HeatMap.png 978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for full version (PDF).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The map was developed by measuring proximity to trip attractors such as Metro stations and public facilities. Density and the mix of land uses also factored into the analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery is the third jurisdiction in the region to develop a bicycle demand map. It follows efforts in the District of Columbia and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/capital-bikeshare\/\">Arlington County<\/a>, to develop demand maps for locating Capital Bikeshare stations.<\/p>\n<p>Planners will be able to use this tool to prioritize Capital Bikeshare stations, bike lanes, and other cycling facilities.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still looking for input into the methodology. If you have ideas about how to improve the study, please share them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Crossposted on <a href=\"http:\/\/ggwash.org\/11852\">Greater Greater Washington<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Planners in Montgomery County are working to determine how to best accommodate bicyclists as the county continues to grow. They&#8217;ve created a tool known as a &#8220;heat map&#8221; to figure out the best places to invest in bike infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>With limited funds, planners have to prioritize bike infrastructure, just like other types of infrastructure. This tool should help planners figure out which projects will have the biggest impact.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the primary bicycle hot spots are in the more urban communities in the downcounty area. Silver Spring, Bethesda, and Friendship Heights top the list of areas with high cycling demand.<\/p>\n<p>Wheaton, White Flint, and Rockville also have high demand for cycling infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The map was developed by measuring proximity &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2011\/09\/planners-work-to-find-biking-hot-spots\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[288,290,289],"class_list":["post-2587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning","tag-bicycling","tag-bike-sharing","tag-capital-bikeshare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11221,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions\/11221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}