Exploring Pedestrian Counting Procedures

Nordback, Krista; Kothuri, Sirisha; Petritsch, Theodore; McLeod, Peyton; Rose, Elliot; Twaddell, Hannah

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Exploring Pedestrian Counting Procedures

2016-05-01
By Nordback, Krista ; Kothuri, Sirisha ; Petritsch, Theodore

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Creators:

Nordback, Krista ; Kothuri, Sirisha ; Petritsch, Theodore ; McLeod, Peyton ; Rose, Elliot ; Twaddell, Hannah
Corporate Creators:

ICF International (Firm) ; Portland State University ; Sprinkle Consulting, Inc.
Contributors:

Jones, David
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-HPL-16-026
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Research Result and Conclusion
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
Abstract:

Clear and comprehensive information about pedestrian travel patterns is critical to multimodal transportation planning, programming, and management. This report covers existing guidance and best practices to recommend strategies for accurate, timely, and feasible measurement of pedestrian travel. Recommendations include: 1) expand the use of multi-day/multi-week counts to reduce estimation error rates, and rotate counts around the network; 2) validate equipment at installation and regularly thereafter; 3) tailor quality checks appropriate for low volume versus high volume locations; 4) compute bias compensation factors (e.g., occlusion adjustment factors) to account for limitations related to equipment and locations; and 5) conduct both short-duration and continuous counts to fully consider temporal and spatial aspects of pedestrian traffic patterns.
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PDF
Funding:

DTFH61-13-D-00016
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64905/dot_64905_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.57 MB]
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Federal Highway Administration
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