Designing a Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Count Program to Estimate Performance Measures on Streets and Sidewalks in Blacksburg, VA
The authors developed and implemented a traffic count program in Blacksburg, Virginia to estimate performance measures of bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The authors deployed and validated automated counters at 101 count sites; the count sites consisted of 4 permanent reference sites and 97 short-duration count sites (~1 week of counts per site). In total the authors collected ~40,000 hours of bicycle and pedestrian counts during the year 2015. The authors used the counts to explore seasonal, daily, and hourly patterns of bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The authors also developed a set of day-of-year scaling factors based on the reference sites to annualize all short-duration counts to Annual-Average Daily Traffic (AADT) estimates. The authors explore how AADT varies by spatial location, street functional class, and level of supporting infrastructure. The traffic count campaign covers ~10% of the transportation network in Blacksburg. The authors developed a set of spatial models (i.e., direct-demand models) to allow for estimation of traffic volumes at locations without traffic counts. The authors close by discussing how future research could help develop best practices and a consistent set of protocols across regions, sates, and the country.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
School of Public and International Affairs
Blacksburg, VA United States 24061Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research
530 Edgemont Road
Charlottesville, VA United States 22903Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability Center
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA United StatesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Hankey, Steve
- Lu, Tianjun
- Mondschein, Andrew
- Buehler, Ralph
- Publication Date: 2016-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 59p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Annual average daily traffic; Bicycle counts; Pedestrian counts; Performance measurement; Spatial analysis; Time periods; Traffic volume
- Geographic Terms: Blacksburg (Virginia)
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01663173
- Record Type: Publication
- Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC33
- Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 20 2018 5:09PM