Spatial Analysis of Intersection Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts

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• Creators:
  Sullivan, Jim ; Lu, George ; Troy, Austin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bicycle counts
  • Bicycle travel
  • Bicycling
  • Built environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Intersections
  • Nonmotorized transportation
  • Peak hour traffic
  • Pedestrian counts
  • Pedestrian traffic
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  13-013
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Vermont
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Encouraging travelers to walk and bike in lieu of motorized modes of travel benefits both the traveler and the community at large. Maximizing these system benefits is critically important for the state and municipalities, especially when funding for transportation is scarce. In order to make better funding decisions for non-motorized transportation infrastructure, it is first necessary to understand comprehensively the current walking and biking behavior of a region’s inhabitants. This study investigates the linkage between non-motorized traffic volumes and the built environment by focusing on a larger set of road intersection-based counts of the PM-peak hours. The dearth of effective methods to address the spatial dependencies present in these comprehensive data sets motivated this geospatial study to determine (a) whether spatial dependency exists for non-motorized traffic volumes, and (b) whether a significant spatial relationship could be identified between non-motorized traffic volumes and specific built-environment characteristics once the spatial dependency was accounted for. Addressing this nonrandom factor in spatial based counts is an essential step to attaining a robust understanding of bicycle and pedestrian travel throughout a region.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65854/dot_65854_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 739.63 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:335ce642415090983a5491ff2a0895906f46b2df2982a3f1772522389fb5b56d