Fwd: 2014 Bike-Ped counts - Wilsonville Oregon and National Bike-Ped documentation project

[Krista Nordback]

FYI, what one small suburban town (Wilsonville, OR)  is doing with their manual count data.

What is your community up to with your counts?

-Krista

Krista Nordback, Ph.D., P.E.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC)

Portland State University

nord...@pdx.edu

office:  503-725-2897

I thought I would share with you bike-ped people the 2014 bike-ped counts from my home town of Wilsonville, OR.  On that page you can click on the right hand side to see the various years and charts.

 

Every September since 2010, volunteers count and survey people who are biking and walking Wilsonville's trails, parks and natural areas – using nationally standardized surveying and recording methods.

 

Also, the count is part of the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project’s annual gathering of trail use data at over 90 sites nationwide. If you are interested in their data or contributing date then contact them for more information.

 

 

Bruce Moody 

Program Management Analyst (PMA)

US DOT - Federal Highway Administration (Oregon and Washington Divisions)

503-316-2542 - bruce...@dot.gov

 

Drive Safer! “Day or Night ALWAYS Turn on Your Lights! (oo ||||| oo)”

 

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(*)/ (*)           & saves you money!

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[Oliver Smith]

>>What is your community up to with your counts?

We (Washington County, OR - just NW of Wilsonville) completed our annual short term counts in Sept/Oct - Twenty one-day (12-hr) video counts at intersections. At this point, factoring our short term counts into annual estimates is pretty rough since we don't currently have local permanent counts with which to adjust our short term counts. But fortunately we're getting a couple of permanent counters installed soon and so this situation will improve. We also hope to coordinate efforts with other local jurisdictions. 

Best,

Oliver Smith

Washington County, OR

Tel: 503-846-7908