Everything you wanted to know about Bicyclist and Pedestrian Count Data

TxDOT and TTI are conducting a full-day training/workshop that provides a “deep dive” into 3 areas of BICYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN DATA: * COLLECTING data using various types of automated counters * SUMMARIZING and visualizing data using the Texas Bike and Pedestrian Count Exchange * USING the count data to make biking and walking safer in Texas Interactive exercises with local examples will be used to reinforce key principles and methods. Topics to be covered in each of these 3 areas include: COLLECTING * Permanent vs. short duration counts * Counter technology and equipment * Site selection and counter positioning (interactive exercise) * Equipment setup/installation (hands-on demonstration) * Crowdsourced data - Strava Metro) * Seasonal adjustment SUMMARIZING * Intro to Texas Bike and Pedestrian Count Exchange * Visualization tools in Count Exchange * Uploading count data to Count Exchange (interactive exercise) * Reviewing count data (interactive exercise) * Publishing count data USING * Trend monitoring * Before-after studies (interactive exercise) * Exposure in safety analysis QUESTIONS? Local Host: _NCTCOG_- Kevin Kokes, KKokes@nctcog.org [http://nctcog.org], 817-695-9275 & Daniel Snyder, dsnyder@nctcog.org, 817-608-2394 Sponsor: _TxDOT_- Bonnie Sherman, bonnie-sherman@txdot.gov [http://txdot.gov], (512) 486-5972 Trainers: _TTI_- Shawn Turner, s-turner@tti.tamu.edu [http://tti.tamu.edu], (979) 317-2481 PRESENTERS: ROBERT BENZ is a Research Engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and has over 29 years of experience. He has a broad background but has been collecting and analyzing data his entire career. I the past decade he has focused on non-motorized activities from the collection, storage, analysis, and use case activities, such as planning, project scoring, ranking, and project utilization PHIL LASLEY is an Assistant Research Scientist with TTI and has worked with bicycle and pedestrian data issues for over 8 years. He has extensive experience with traffic mobility and measurement, data quality assurance/quality control, and mobility policy for the State Legislature. Phil strives to find ways to make data more usable and meaningful in planning and policy. MICHAEL MARTIN is an Assistant Research Scientist at TTI with 7 years of experience as a data-wrangling urban planner. He has a passion for the outdoors and a desire to help others find ways to get out and be active. Michael’s work is centered on applying spatial and advanced data analysis techniques to transportation planning and safety problems to produce practical results that help save lives, time, and resources. SHAWN TURNER is a Senior Research Engineer at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), where he has conducted applied research for the past 28 years. Shawn is a data nerd and is passionate about making walking and biking safer and more convenient travel modes. His research focus areas include multimodal traffic data collection and analysis, performance measures and monitoring, and mobility analysis.