tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post7655196183842131013..comments2024-03-17T18:53:05.139-07:00Comments on CycaLogical: Smarter Travel Suttoncrossriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00896858165635612158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post-62062032121183508442010-03-29T09:24:38.178-07:002010-03-29T09:24:38.178-07:00Thanks Steve.
To be honest I'm not sure it'...Thanks Steve.<br />To be honest I'm not sure it's possible to measure success easily...measuring modal share is quite tricky to start with, and there'll be factors other than investment that will affect it, such as local congestion levels, local socioeconomic changes, roadworks. Also, measuring investment can be problematic. On the one hand a 20MPH speed limit or road closure may not be classed as cycle investment. On the other hand, councils are very good at 'investing' money with very little benefit...aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142330825237376723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post-12901870312763387872010-03-26T04:59:22.028-07:002010-03-26T04:59:22.028-07:00To measure the success of these measures you'd...To measure the success of these measures you'd have to take another suburb of london with similar demographics/modal share and see if, with £0 investment over the same time period, the change in modal share was statistically significant. A/B Testing, as it is often known. Otherwise you end up assuming causation when there is just correlation.<br /><br />I believe Waltham Forest exists as the reference "no investment done" area for London, though worry that the ongoing documentation by the Crap Cycling site is going to effect the outcome: the heisenberg effect.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.com