The document discusses starting a regional bicycle and pedestrian counting program in the San Francisco Bay Area. It describes past counting efforts, how the counts will be used, challenges with a volunteer program, benefits of consultant assistance, methodology plans using a national project standard, and next steps to compile counts from multiple agencies and develop adjustment factors.
Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety and Mobility in Europe
Starting Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Programs
1. Starting Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Programs Lessons in Developing a Regional Program Sean Co
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4. Past Effort Methodology Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Locations near schools expanded (2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.) Counts continued in 2004 No counts until 2010
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6. How will we use the counts? Snapshot of activity Baseline for Bike to Work Day counts Information for requests from the press Exposure rates for bicycles and pedestrians Calibration of travel demand model
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8. Consultant Assistance for Counts Consistency in counts Data received in a timely fashion Data summarized in your format Reliability of professional firm Location selection key for staffing needs
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11. What happens next? Counts conducted in September Alameda county paid for extra counts Apply adjustment factors Work to develop adjustment factors for bicycles Compile counts from other agencies Screenline counts Trail counts
12. Bicycle and Pedestrian Activity in the San Francisco Bay Area Cyclists and Pedestrians Per Day Investment ? ? ? ? ?
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Editor's Notes
The scope of work specified 1 time period/day but count firm has to pay min 4 hour period