Applicability:
- Analyze
- Collect
- Manage
- Research
Description:
This application guide presents a nonmotorized traffic monitoring manual. The manual begins with an overview of the types of collection and site selection for counts. Then the guide presents the various sensors, their strengths and limitations, their costs and uses, and how to use them to conduct short and continuous counts. The manual also discusses manual data collection. Finally, it presents methods and practices for data management and analysis.
Tool Type:
Application Guide
Capabilities:
This application guide can help users to:
- Understand current safety data capabilities and potential for improvement.
- Understand the needs of safety data collectors in terms of data elements, level of effort, data entry, data format, and reporting.
- Understand current safety data analysis capabilities.
- Identify, collect, and manage safety data.
- Measure, maintain, or improve quality safety data.
- Understand the needs of safety analysts in terms of data elements, level of detail, and data format.
- Identify opportunities to collect additional safety data through new programs.
- Employ traditional or state-of-the-art techniques to collect high-quality safety data efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Assess equipment, costs, and other resources required to collect and manage safety data including understanding the needs of data collectors (i.e., in terms of data entry, data format, and reporting).
- Refine traditional or state-of-the-art techniques to perform safety data analysis.
Owner Source:
state
Sponsor/Owner:
- Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)
Published:
Availability:
This application guide is free of charge at the following link:
Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Collection Manual
Disclaimer:
This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained herein. This information does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturer's names appear in this information only because they are considered essential to the objective of this publication.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations, and translations thereof, expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration.