Capitol Hill pedestrian analytics

In pretty much every job I've had since 1996, I've counted what you clicked on the Internet. What you click on, where you go, for how long -- analytics, as the Web geeks call them -- are critical components to understanding life on the Internet and making the experience improved. Meanwhile, the rest of your movements in life go mostly unmeasured and the experience, often, unimproved. We make the biggest, best efforts to measure, it turns out, when it comes to figuring out how to sell you more stuff.

This pedestrian count map from the Downtown Seattle Association represents a kind of fantasy situation for me: behavior measurements of a key offline activity (walking!) in relation to geographic points. If only it were real-time -- and measuring Capitol Hill.

I haven't put my finger on exactly what it is I want to know about pedestrian movement on the Hill. It could help us figure out where we need crosswalks, for one. But I'll admit I also just kind of want to know. For now, we'll have to rely on anecdotes. Pretty sure the busiest Cap Hill corners I contribute the most to are the following:

• 15th at Republican
• Broadway at Pine
• Broadway at John

You?

Super gigantic tip of the hat to Karen at www.phyzzyoga.com for sharing the map site with me