1. We are Traffic:
Creating Robust Bicycle and
Pedestrian Count Programs
Krista Nordback, Ph.D., P.E.
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC)
Portland State University
25. National Bicycle and Pedestrian
Documentation Project
Manual Counts:
2 hours
5 to 7pm
Tues, Wed, or Thurs in
mid-September
http://bikepeddocumentation.org/
38. 12:00 AM
1:00 AM
2:00 AM
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% of AADB
Hourly Commute Pattern
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
City of Boulder Example (Bikes only)
70. Potential Selection Criteria
• Variety of facility types
– On-street
– Path
• Variety of land uses
– Central business district
– Residential
– School/University
• Technology related criteria
82. Recommendations
• Both permanent and short duration count
programs are needed.
• Continuous counters are needed!
• Prefer 1 week short count
• Short duration counts in high volume months
– summer
• Integrate bike/ped counts into traffic data for
preservation and access
83. Balance Permanent and Short
Duration Programs
SHORT
PERMANENT
COUNT
PROGRAM
DURATION
COUNT
PROGRAM
90. 4th Year
SHORT DURATION COUNT
PROGRAM
PERMANENT
COUNT
PROGRAM
6 Permanent Counters
Rotate 5 counters
all summer
120 Automated Short Duration Sites
(one week per site)
91. 10th Year
SHORT DURATION COUNT
PROGRAM
PERMANENT COUNT
PROGRAM
12 Permanent Counters
Rotate 10 counters
all summer on
3 year rotation
720 Automated Short Duration Sites
(one week per site) on 3 year rotation
92. On-going Work
• Colorado, Vermont, Minnesota, Oregon, North
Carolina, Washington State DOT’s are
developing programs.
• TRB Bike/Ped Data Subcommittee
• FHWA to include bike/ped counts in Travel
Monitoring Analysis System (TMAS)
• OTREC’s Bike/Ped Data Archive