Real-time counters of cyclists and, in some cases, pedestrians using certain Brisbane City Council paths will soon be displayed for all to see.

It was revealed on Tuesday morning Brisbane would be the third Australian city to invest in the real-time bikeway counters - with an initial spend of about $130,000 for five counters.

Program delivery manager Cody Grosert told the council's Public and Active Transport committee the counters were a display board on a bike way to provide a real time indication of the number of people that use the path.

"Depending on the type of path and the type of counter it can measure both pedestrians and cyclists at the same time and normally they provide a daily and annual total," she said