Hafnarfjörður residents active during lockdown
The number of people who have been walking and cycling along Strandstígurinn in March is already higher than for the whole of March last year.
According to a counter on the Strandstígur by Fjarðargata, residents of Hafnarfjörður are keeping active during the lockdown, with pedestrians on the Strandstígur in March being twice as many as at the same time last year.
The counters count the number of people walking or cycling on the path, as well as measuring the speed of cyclists. Residents can monitor the traffic in the town's webcams, Granna.
Regular exercise is very important to us, especially in these unusual times. Residents who are able are encouraged to get some exercise these days, for example by going for a walk or a bike ride around town. A number of Walking and cycling paths lie around the health town of Hafnarfjörður, Interesting places which are ideal to visit are hidden away, and in the local area there are numerous open ones. Playgrounds and football pitches.
A pedestrian and cycle counter, which measures the number of journeys by cyclists and pedestrians with the aim of monitoring traffic, was installed on Strandstígur in August 2018. The Environment and Operations Committee has also installed counters at major tourist attractions in the Borough of Hafnarfjörður, and there are plans to install counters at more locations.
Hafnarfjörður is participating in a collaboration between the municipalities of the Capital Region and the Road Administration to install counters for the Capital Region's cycle and pedestrian path network. Counters have been installed at selected locations to measure the number of journeys made by cyclists and pedestrians, and it is planned to install more across the capital region to collect data, including on the growing trend of transport cycling.
