Explore+

The following tutorial will describe how to navigate and use the tools available on the Explore+ page. You will need to log into your account to view the Explore+ page.

Fig. 1: Once you log into your account the Explore+ page is accessed through the left menu sidebar.

Selecting the count station locations

I want to explore…

You will first need to select if you want to explore by organization, region, or state. Users are limited to exploring data they have direct access to. For example, if you’re an organization that is part of an established regional partnership, you will have access to view your organization’s data and the data from all participating partners in the region. Once you’ve made your selections under the “I want to explore…” menu and click “Explore”, the map will reorient to your geographical selection.

Fig. 2: The right sidebar contains several menu options for selecting count station locations. Each of the menus in the right sidebar can be expanded or closed by clicking on the arrow icon next to the menu title as shown with the yellow arrow. This example shows the National Capital Region and all the count station locations owned by multiple agencies within this region.

Once you’ve selected the jurisdictional level of data to explore, you can now explore what count station locations are available and decide which count stations you are specifically interested in.

[Stick in section about the map icons before jumping into the bars and station health.]

Station Health

The Station Health filters provides a high level overview of how much data are available at each count station location. The filters available are “Start Date”, “End Date”, and “Health Scale”. The “Health Scale” is adjustable depending on how you define what is “good” (green), “suspicious” (yellow), or “bad” (red). Once you’ve defined these filters and click update, the map will update accordingly.

For example, if you’re an agency that uses Eco-Counter and data are being pulled daily through BikePed Portal, using the Station Health filters can show if a particular location is having issues transmitting data. You might expect a >90% of data availability, but if it’s showing tha