Pe de stria n & Bic yc le Co unting Aug ust 22, 2018 Aug ust - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

L uke Hanson

Sa int Pa ul Pub lic Wo rks

Aug ust 22, 2018

Pe de stria n & Bic yc le Co unting

Aug ust 23, 2018

Why Co unt?

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• b e tte r unde rsta nd whe re a nd ho w pe o ple a re

tra ve ling thro ug ho ut the c ity

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• info rm future inve stme nts in sa fe ty a nd infra struc ture

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• me a sure the impa c ts o f ne w wa lking a nd b iking

inve stme nts

Ho w do we me a sure wa lking ?

 Ma nua l c o unts  Vide o (Ma nua l)  Auto ma te d Co unte rs

Ma nua l Co unts

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Co nduc te d b y vo lunte e rs in fie ld

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Ca pture “Pe a k Ho ur” (4 – 6PM) tra ffic

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Me a sure tra ffic a c ro ss a “sc re e nline ”

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Co unte d 130 uniq ue lo c a tio ns in Sa int Pa ul

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25 “Be nc hma rk” site s fo r wa lking a re me a sure d a nnua lly

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Othe r site s a re ro ta te d o n a 3-5-ye a r c yc le , o r spe c ific to pro je c ts

Ma nua l Co unts

 Stre ng ths:

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Ma nua l c o unts ma ximize spa tia l c o ve ra g e

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Ca n c a pture dire c tio n, de mo g ra phic s

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• w c o st

 We a kne sse s:

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L imite d dura tio n ma ke s e xtra po la tio n c ha lle ng ing

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Pa rtic ula rly se nsitive to we a the r

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Re lia nt o n vo lunte e rs

Ma nua l Co unts: Re sults

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• ng itudina l Ana lysis o f Be nc hma rk Site s

Ma nua l Co unts: Re sults

 Cha ng e s fo llo wing infra struc ture inve stme nts

Ma nua l Co unts: Re sults

 Cha ng e s fo llo wing infra struc ture inve stme nts

Ma nua l Vide o Co unts

 Mo b ile c a me ra  I

nsta lle d fo r 12 – 48 ho urs

 Da ta ma nua lly

re vie we d/ ta b ula te d

 Ca n c a pture inte rse c tio n

c ro ssing s

 By re q ue st o nly

Ma nua l Vide o Co unts

 Stre ng ths:

 Mo b ile  Ca n c a pture inte rse c tio n

c ro ssing s

 Ac c ura c y hig h (usua lly)

 We a kne sse s:

 Co unting is time -inte nsive  I

nsta lla tio n c o sts

Auto ma te d Co unts

 Co unt with I

R b e a ms

 Co lle c ts c o ntinuo us da ta  Aug me nts ma nua l c o unt

da ta

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nfo rms e xtra po la tio n

Auto ma te d Co unts

 Stre ng ths:

 Go o d a c c ura c y  Co lle c ts da ta

c o ntinuo usly

 Org a nize s da ta

a uto ma tic a lly

 We a kne sse s:

 Hig h c o st  Misse s inte rse c tio ns  I

mmo b ile

Auto ma te d Co unts: Re sults

 Ja c kso n Stre e t: Ho urly pe de stria n pro file s

Auto ma te d Co unts: Re sults

 De te rmine AADT

& Annua l Va ria tio n

F uture Oppo rtunitie s

 Ce ntra lize d, a c c e ssib le

da ta

 Mo re a uto ma te d/ lo ng e r

dura tio n c o unts

 Vide o de te c tio n a t

inte rse c tio ns

 Syste ma tize da ta

c o lle c tio n

Que stio ns?

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