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Nelson City Council Cycle Counting

Yvonne Gwyn Sustainable Transport Adviser

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Counting program m e

• NCC Cycle Strategy 2006 –

“a comprehensive city-wide cycle use survey at main intersections on the road and path network… ”

• Two parts to programme:

– 5-yearly comprehensive manual count at 22 locations

• Supplemented by several automatic counts to verify accuracy
• f counters and to extrapolate 24hr data

– 6-monthly counts at 5 key locations (manual and automatic for first year):

• 1. Atawhai cycleway (new)
• 2. Bishopdale railway reserve
• 3. Wakefield Quay
• 4. Stoke railway reserve
• 5. Whakatu cycleway (new)
• Pedestrian counts also included where possible

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Cyclists – 8 hr m anual count

Cyclists Counts (8hr manual)

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 June December December July February July February July February July February July February July February 2001200220032004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Date Number of cyclists Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path

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2 4 hour estim ates

• Used 24hr tube

counts at the same locations to determine the percentage of cyclists outside the periods counted manually.

• Increased summer

manual counts over last 9 years by this percentage to estimate 24hour count.

• Factor applies to

summer counts

• nly.

Comparison between summer 8hr manual cycle count and 24hr estimate

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Date Number of Cyclists Railway Reserve - Stoke 8hr Railway Reserve - Stoke 24hr

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Cyclists – 2 4 hr estim ate

Cyclists - 24hr Summer Estimates (tube counts)

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year Number of cyclists 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path

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Pedestrians – 8 hr m anual count

Pedestrian Counts (8hr manual counts)

50 100 150 200 250 June December December February July February July February July February July February July February 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Date Number of pedestrians Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path

• Flatter trend

than for cyclists

• No 24hr

estimate for pedestrians

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Cycles 8 hr m anual count

• Total 6,658 cyclists

counted (though any single cyclist may have been counted multiple times)

• Largest numbers on

Stoke railway reserve – schools

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Cycling AM Peak

• 7.30 – 9.00
• Similar patterns
• f use to full

day count

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Pedestrians 8 hr m anual count

• Total 9,024

pedestrians counted

• Highest numbers

around the CBD, followed by the Stoke railway reserve

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Pedestrians AM Peak

• Highest

numbers still in the CBD

• Very few on

the Atawhai and Whakatu shared paths

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Cyclists - Gender

• More males than

females at all sites

• Females less than

¼ at Pascoe Street and Waimea/ van Diemen

• Highest female

usage on Stoke railway reserve and Tasman Street

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Cyclists - Age

• School age or adult –
• bservation
• Largest numbers of

school aged cyclists

• n Stoke railway

reserve in vicinity of Broadgreen Intermediate

• Also high numbers on

Bishopdale railway reserve

• Lowest numbers on

Haven Road

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Cyclists - helm ets

• High usage at

all sites

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Cyclists – High visibility gear

• Less than half of

cyclists at most sites

• Exception –

Tahunanui Drive

• Wakatu shared path

also nearly 50%

• Least at Nile/ Tasman

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Turning m ovem ents

• Hot off the press!
• Turning

movements at 22 sites recorded for cyclists and pedestrians

• Some examples…

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Saxton Road/ Railw ay Reserve intersection

Cyclists Pedestrians

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Bridge/ Tasm an/ Dom ett / Maitai path

Cyclists Pedestrians

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W aim ea Rd/ Railw ay Reserve

Cyclists Pedestrians