Cycling in Waterloo Region

[dtkvictim]

I was the one who stole the photo and made the thread in /r/waterloo just to annoy the anti-bike people. As usual, they're losing their mind over it and saying that it isn't accurate, counts pedestrians (even though it only has sensors in the road) and some blatantly can't read so they're saying "wow 1202 bikes all year? what a waste of money!" even though I specified it has only been active a short while. Since their minds are never going to change regarding bikes, it's just fun to troll them with this stuff.

I don't mind it being reposted, though I'm not sure the cold rainy day (even had hail that morning) was the most convincing argument. It's definitely worth making good faith arguments to change people's minds though. I have changed many people's perspectives to varying degrees, either through evidence and argument, or just by being someone whom my friends and family want to be safe while cycling. And as stupid as it sounds, just by showing enthusiasm for infrastructure improvements is often enough; people like to fit in, and just taking a positive position before they do is often enough to have them agreeing (really, this is how every social media network becomes an echochamber).

I happened to go by again today and took another photo, for anyone interested. Today was fairly nice weather, though it was a Sunday, so minimal commuters. If I counted the days between my photos correctly, it looks to average around ~100 per day.