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Bike/Walk Twin Cities Conducting bicycle & pedestrian
counts
Why count?
Quantify travel behavior:•Understand role of walking and bicycling •Identify trends•Estimate overall pedestrian and bicycle travel•Provide accurate data
Why is this useful:Automobile, transit, and other modes utilize consistent, widely-accepted methods of gauging demand, volumes, and impacts that allow for short and long range planning
Examples: level of service, trip generation rates, parking generation rates, mode split assumptions
Almost all policy and analysis flows from these sources, including decisions on improvements, funding, and impacts
Bottom line: IF YOU DON’T COUNT IT DOESN’T COUNT!
Preparing for counts
InstructionsLocations mapsCount formsClip boardsPen or pencil and spareWatch or time pieceInformation sheet (about counts)Also: hat, sunscreen, jacket, folding chair water, snacks, etc.
Count types
Screenline counts
Screenlines: Imaginary line perpendicular to street
Count all persons on bike or afoot crossing the screenline
Count both directions
Use consistent location for observation
Count forms
Two-hour counts(4:00 -6:00 pm)
Start on time (arrive early)
15 minute intervals
Count both directions
Count each person crossing screen line each time they cross
*Make a note of any unusual thing that impacted the count at the bottom of the sheet
Recording bikes and peds
Every bicyclist or pedestrian is counted as being one of the four following:
Bicyclist Male;Bicyclist Female; Pedestrian Male; Pedestrian Female
NOTE: If unable to identify gender default to male and make a note in the comment section at the bottom
Then indicate CHILDREN, SIDEWALK RIDING, and ASSISTIVE DEVICES with additional marks for all that apply.
SIDEWALK RIDING only where applicable (an on-street location with adjacent sidewalk or path)
Subjects
BicyclesTandemsRecumbants3 wheelersTag-alongsBike trailersWalkersJoggersSkatersSegwaysWheel chairs (manual or automatic)StrollersCrutchesRazor scooters (non-motorized)Children being carried
How do you count this?
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1 male bicyclist
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4 pedestrians:3 female; 1 male
2 children2 Asst
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2 female pedestrians
1 pedestrian with assistive device
Do not count pets!
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2 female bicyclists; 1 child
4 pedestrians 1 male; 3 female
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2 bicyclists:1 male;1 female
5 male pedestrians; 2 on assistive devices (in-line skates)
How about this?
How many bicyclists?
2 cyclists:1 male; 1 female1 - child
5 cyclists: 3 male; 2 female;3 - children5 - riding on Sidewalk
Count each person not each bike!
How many bicyclists?
HAPPY COUNTING
Remember to mail or hand deliver originals to the count coordinator as soon as possible!
Tony [email protected]
