RidePod® BT
Portable Bicycle & Active Transport Counter
The world’s only tube counter designed to detect individual axles and accurately classify them as different bicycle types. The RidePod® BT is easy to install, reliable and accurately provides extremely detailed information on active mobility.
Applications
Classify bike lane traffic
The Belgian Road Research Centre tested the capacity of our RidePod BT in Brussels. Over three weeks, the counter collected statistics on volume, speed, and class of vehicles riding along a recently inaugurated bike lane.
Understand e-scooter vs. cycle behaviour
Paris recently changed the game by conducting the first survey of a shared path and separately classifying bicycles, mopeds, and cargo bikes. The results were intriguing.
Gather extremely accurate data
Accuracy is paramount when surveying cycleways as the sample size and margin of error is much smaller than when surveying road traffic. This is why the RidePod BT has become the world's most trusted active transport monitoring system.Accurate, practical and meaningful
Unlike competitor products, the RidePod® BT uses thin-walled pneumatic tubes as sensors that can detect non-magnetic vehicles (such as carbon fibre bikes) and e-scooters/bicycles travelling in tight groups.
The system collects axle data from bike lanes and shared paths and is then analysed by our MTE software, running the axle information through optimised algorithms. This provides extremely accurate and reliable data, making the RidePod BT the world’s most trusted active mobility counter.
RidePod® BT + FieldPod®
Add Remote Access to Your Counter
The RidePod® BT is the only tube-based vehicle counter that supports remote connection via an additional piece of hardware, the MetroCount Remote Access Module. Your counter can be upgraded at any time to include FieldPod® functionalities.
System Diagnostics
Data Download
Customised reports
Technical Specifications
Hardware
- Sensor: Thin pneumatic tubes
- Sensor spacing: 40-60 cm
- Time resolution: Better than 1ms
- Memory: Up to 1 million bicycles
- Internal battery: 4 D alkaline
Road Case and Main Unit
- Stainless steel case: 350 x 124 x 95mm
- PVC main unit: 243 x 107 x 82mm
- Total weight: ~ 4.15kg
- Running temperature: -10°C to 60°C
- Operating humidity: 0 to 95%
Accessories
Supported Legacy Models
