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Yeah I don't think it would require a lot of effort to eventually tie a trip, or set of trips, to an individual. It would involve surveillance, which is easy enough to do in public; and time, to eliminate the noise of other trips and riders.

But what does that tell you? Past trips are no guarantee of future trips. The data only show O&D with no indication as to stops along the way. That will change when GPS units are introduced.

Personally, I would love to have GPS units in the bikes to see where they are ridden, which bike lane facilities are used, how riders (anonymised) build trips from one destination to another. e.g. Who's using 15th Street? Pennsylvania Avenue? What's the best bike route from Benning Road to Downtown? etc etc.

But I see the potential risks in making that information available.

by Jack Love on Jan 12, 2012 10:22 am • link • report

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