PSRC Bicycle & Pedestrian Work Program Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee – September 8, 2020

Bicycle & Pedestrian Data Collection

Bicycle & Ped Data Collection

Policies/Regulations Inventory

Regional Bicycle & Ped Facility Inventory

Bicycle & Ped Count Data Inventory

In Progress

Goal: Obtain regionally consistent bicycle and pedestrian data sets.

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Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Counts Inventory

Goal: Collect available bicycle and pedestrian count

data for use in PSRC travel modeling.

Benefits

• Improve analysis of pedestrian and bicycle travel in

the region.

• Learn more about local active transportation planning

and implementation.

Challenges

• Inconsistency in data format and years collected.

• Large quantity of data received.

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Counts Inventory Work Program

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ACTION PLAN:

Task 1: Collect jurisdictions’ bicycle and pedestrian count data.

Task 2: Initial coding of bicycle and pedestrian count data.

Task 3: Use count data to validate PSRC travel models.

Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Counts Inventory

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Data Points

• Locations of count data

• Dates count data collected

• Average pedestrian and bicycle counts on weekdays from 6-8AM,

4-6PM, and/or daily

• Directionality of count data

Modeling Thresholds

• Count data collected on minor and principal arterials, and shared-

use paths

• Count data from 2018 or later

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Bicycle & Pedestrian Travel Modelling

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• Count data helps improve accuracy of PSRC

model for pedestrian and bicycle trips.

• Measure how travel changes over time.

• Test impacts of different future

scenarios.

• PSRC adjusts sensitivities of the model

based on:

• Preferences for different facility types

and topographies.

• Frequency of bicycle trips in different

areas.

Regional Pedestrian & Bicycle Facilities

Goal: Obtain regionally consistent pedestrian and

bicycle facility data sets.

Benefits

• Improve analysis of pedestrian and bicycle travel in

the region.

• Consistent evaluation of region-wide sidewalk and

bicycle facility connectivity needs.

• Learn more about local active transportation planning

and implementation.

Challenges

• Inconsistency in data format and years collected.

• Unclear definitions of facilities.

• Lack of data in some areas.7

Regional Facilities Work Program

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ACTION PLAN:

Task 1: Collect jurisdictions’ bicycle and pedestrian facility data.

Task 2: Complete coding of bicycle and pedestrian facility data.

Task 3: Request facility data feedback from jurisdictions using web map tool.

Regional Sidewalk Inventory

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Data Points

• Presence of sidewalks (Yes, No, or Partial)

• Direction of sidewalks

Thresholds

• All jurisdictions in PSRC region.

• All sidewalks that are on minor arterials and above.

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Regional Bicycle Facilities Inventory Update

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Data Points

• Presence of bicycle facilities (Yes, No, or Partial)

• Direction of bicycle facilities

• Type of bicycle facilities

Thresholds

• All jurisdictions in PSRC region.

• All bicycle facilities that are on minor arterials and

above.

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▪Marked bicycle lanes ▪ Marked shared lanes

▪ Protected bicycle lanes ▪ Paved/striped shoulders

▪ Buffered bicycle lanes ▪ Sidepaths

▪ Neighborhood greenways ▪ Shared use paths

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Facility Interactive Web Map Demo

Work Program Next Steps

Early Fall 2020:

• Create web map of bicycle and pedestrian facility data;

request feedback from jurisdictions

• Continue work on bicycle and pedestrian count data

inventory

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Late Fall 2020 & Beyond:

• Finalize bicycle and pedestrian facility inventory data

• Complete bicycle and pedestrian count data inventory

• Begin work on planned facilities inventory

• Begin 2022 RTP analysis using inventory data

Sarah Gutschow

(206) 587-4822

sgutschow@psrc.org

Kimberly Pearson

(206) 464-5833

kpearson@psrc.orgThank you