Active Transportation Counts from Existing On-Street Signal and Detection Infrastructure

Kothuri, Sirisha; Singleton, Patrick A.; Saheli, Mahyar Vahedi; Yates, Elizabeth; Broach, Joseph

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Active Transportation Counts from Existing On-Street Signal and Detection Infrastructure

2024-02-01
By Kothuri, Sirisha ; Singleton, Patrick A. ; Saheli, Mahyar Vahedi

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Kothuri, Sirisha ; Singleton, Patrick A. ; Saheli, Mahyar Vahedi ; Yates, Elizabeth ; Broach, Joseph
Corporate Creators:

Portland State University ; Utah State University
Corporate Contributors:

Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-OR-RD-24-03
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Oregon;United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section
Abstract:

This study’s objective was to use data from existing traffic signal infrastructure to estimate pedestrian volumes. Pedestrian push-button actuations were collected from signal controller logs at 49 intersections in western Oregon and an additional 16 intersections in eastern Oregon. These actuations were then compared to observed pedestrian counts, totaling over 34,000 people, obtained from video recordings. After exploring various options, a simple quadratic relationship was modeled using a single measure of pedestrian signal activity: the number of push-button presses (filtered to remove multiple presses within 15 seconds). The model’s predictions showed a correlation of 0.86 with observed pedestrian volumes and had an average error of ±2.4 pedestrians per hour. These results suggest that existing traffic signal infrastructure data can be used to estimate pedestrian volumes in Oregon with reasonable accuracy. Using such pedestrian volume estimates can lead to improvements in pedestrian traffic monitoring, safety assessments of exposure, and equity and health analyses.
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US Transportation Collection
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