Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts Transportation Task Force - PDF document

North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts Transportation Task Force Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Department November 17, 2005

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Sources NCTCOG Bicycle/Pedestrian Traffic Counts (Cottonbelt Trail, Katy Trail, Jefferson/Davis area of Dallas) DART Boarding and Alighting Data (LRT Starter System in addition to two TRE Stations) 2003 DART Bike and Ride Rider Survey Jacobs Engineering Pedestrian Counts (Dallas CBD) 2000 Census (Commuting to Work Data)

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts NCTCOG 2002 Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts Location Total Users 182 Davis at Winnetka Davis and Bishop and Davis 10 th at Edgefield Winnetka . ! ! . 143 ! ! Jefferson and Marsallis . ! ! 10th and 10th and Jefferson at Tyler 1,098 Llewellyn Edgefield ! . . ! ! ! Jefferson and Zang . ! . ! Lebanon at Tyler/Polk 388 ! ! Jefferson and Tyler 10 th at Llewellyn 819 Davis at Bishop 653 Lebanon and Tyler/Polk ! . Jefferson at Zang 1,637 ! Jefferson at Marsalis 961

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts NCTCOG 2002 Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts Location Total Users Katy Trail and Fitzugh 3,114 (Saturday count) Armstrong at St. Johns . ! ! . Katy Trail at Armstrong 1,939 Katy Trail and Fitzugh Fitzhugh Bridge . ! 1,700 Katy Trail and Carlisle Katy Trail at Carlisle Place 1,645 Katy Trail and Armstrong ! . 1,209 Katy Trail and Fairmount Fairmount Bridge . ! Cedar Springs at Maple 556 Armstrong and St Johns . ! Victory ! . 471 Cedar Springs and Maple 124 Katy Trail and Hi Line

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts NCTCOG 2002 Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts Total Users Location 81 Cottonbelt Trail and SH 114 Cottonbelt Trail and 16 Mustang 14 Cottonbelt Trail at Mustang Stadium

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART Rail Boarding and Alighting by Mode Data Westmoreland Hampton Tyler Vernon Dallas Zoo 8 th /Corinth Cedars Convention Center Total Percent of Total Percent of Union Station Pedestrian Total Pedestrian Total West End Boardings Boardings Alightings Alightings Akard 64,665 29.0% 113,167 50.7% St. Paul Pearl Mockingbird Lovers Lane Park Lane Ledbetter VA Hospital Kiest Illinois Note Also: South Irving 68.5% of riders start and end their bus trip by Medical Market walking

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART 2003 Bike and Ride Rider Survey Purpose for Which Bike is Used (%) 77.9 Social/Recreation 44.8 Commute to Work 25.9 Personal Business 25.6 Shopping Percent 14 School/College 4.4 All Other 2.6 No Answer 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART 2003 Bike and Ride Rider Survey Frequency of Bike Riding (%) 60 54 50 40 30 28.3 20 Percent 10 7.1 5.5 2.8 2.2 0 Once a Two to Four to Only All Other No Week Three Seven Once Per Answer Times a Times a Week Week Week

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART 2003 Bike and Ride Rider Survey Days of the Week Bikes are Used (%) 80 77.9 70 64 60 50 40 Percent 30 20 10 6.6 5.1 2.3 1.9 0 Monday - Sunday Saturday Saturday All Other No Answer Friday Only Only & Sunday

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART 2003 Bike and Ride Rider Survey Time of Day Bike Ride Starts (%) 30 26.4 25 21.7 20.4 20 18.9 15 10.3 Percent 10 5 2.3 0 Before 5AM but 6AM but 7AM but 8AM but 9AM or 5AM Before Before Before Before Later 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts DART 2003 Bike and Ride Rider Survey Time of Day Bike Ride Ends (%) 30 25.3 25 20 15.9 15.6 15 13.2 10.9 10 8.5 Percent 4.9 5 3.3 2.3 0 M M M M M M M r M e P P P P P P P P t 0 4 5 6 7 8 9 a 3 1 L e e e e e e e e r r r r r r r o o o o o o r o r o f f f f f f o e e e e e e M f f e B B B B B B e P B B t t t t t t 0 u u u u u u t 1 u b b b b b b b M M M M M M M P P P P P P P 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts 2003 Dallas CBD Pedestrian Counts Jacobs Engineering Morning Evening Count Count Total Location 7am - 9am 4pm - 6pm Pedestrians Pacific and Market 1,720 2,126 3,846 Pacific and Lamar 6,859 10,042 16,901 Pacific and Field 7,176 5,801 12,977 Pacific and Akard 3,287 3,825 7,112 Pacific and St Paul 1,956 2,205 4,161 Pacific and Harwood 625 880 1,505 Pacific and Pearl 238 137 375 Pacific and Crockett 183 147 330 Pacific and Pearl 2,992 2,715 5,707 San Jacinto and Pearl 2,200 1,798 3,998 Ross and Market 508 2,650 3,158 Ross and Lamar 404 761 1,165 Ross and Griffin 553 680 1,233 Main and Griffin 1,851 1,749 3,600 Commerce and Market 1,050 440 1,490

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts 2003 Dallas CBD Pedestrian Counts Jacobs Engineering A R O L F U S PEARL H W Y H WOODALL RODGERS 7 A 5 R W O O D O SAINT PAUL L I ROSS V E LIVE OAK AKARD C E N T R A L O C F I I C T A P N M I L E C A J N A N I S A M 2003 Pedestrian Traffic Counts F I E Dallas CBD L D E L R A Total Pedestrians V M YOUNG A M A Y < 500 A R R K 500 - 2,000 COMMERCE E T 2,000 - 3,500 GRIFFIN 3,500 - 5,000 > 5,000

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts 2000 Census-Commuting to Work Data City of Dallas: 1.9% Downtown Dallas: 29.3% City of Fort Worth: 1.7% Downtown Fort Worth: 16.8%

Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Counts Summary High willingness to walk or bicycle to/from transit service, particularly rail. High willingness to walk or bicycle in areas with pedestrian friendly land uses and street grid patterns. Minimum level of pedestrian and bicycle activities found even in unlikely places indicates need for minimum levels of service.

Bicycle and Pedestrian 2005 Project Inventory For more information Alicia Hopkins, AICP ahopkins@nctcog.org (817) 608-2380 Or Jared White, AICP jwhite@nctcog.org (817) 695-9258

North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Air Transportation Task Force Bicycle and Pedestrian November 17, 2005 Quality Review Transportation Department

Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Air Quality Review Categories of Air Quality Improvements Current Rate of Progress SIP • Committed-Completed Projects • Committed-Delayed Projects • Committed-Cancelled Projects • Replacement Projects Next SIP • Potential Bicycle/Pedestrian TCMs for Next Program

Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Air Quality Review DRAFT Total SIP Commitments: 856.9 miles NOx Benefits Completed Projects: 346.3 miles 115.5lbs/day On Schedule: 92.0 miles 138.1lbs/day Delayed/Deleted Projects: 418.3 miles 209.5lbs/day Identified Substitutes: 700 miles (approx.)* *Additional substitutes needed to make up for NOx shortfall of 209.5 lbs/day

Bicycle and Pedestrian 2005 Project Inventory For more information Alicia Hopkins, AICP ahopkins@nctcog.org (817) 608-2380 Or Jared White, AICP jwhite@nctcog.org (817) 695-9258

North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments North Central Texas Council of Governments Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Task Force TxDOT Enhancement Program Transportation Department November 17, 2005

TXDOT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM Basics Federally established set-aside of Surface 1. Transportation funds administered by the State. Intended for projects not traditionally funded with 2. federal gas tax revenue. State rule requires applicants to be approved and 3. ranked by Metropolitan Planning Organizations. RTC policy limits applications to projects with 4. Mobility benefits. TxDOT has issued a new Statewide Call for Projects. 5.

TXDOT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM Regional Transportation Council Project Types Eligible (Adopted Jan. 2001) Bicycle and pedestrian projects including landscaping, education, 1. and land acquisition. Restoration/operation of historic trolley or interurban rail lines and 2. related structures, including landscaping and land acquisition. Restoration and operation of historic transit stations as new transit 3. stations, including landscaping and land acquisition. Acquisition of historic railroad rights of way for future rail 4. and/or bicycle trails. Landscaping transportation facilities. 5. Visitors centers. 6. Control or removal of outdoor advertising. 7.