Comment:
Typical applications, installation considerations, relative level of effort and cost, strengths and limitations, accuracy, and usage of 14 existing and emerging counting technologies and methods: manual in-field counting and counts from video, automated counts from video, pneumatic tubes, inductive loop detectors, passive and active infrared, piezoelectric strips, radio beams, thermal, laser scanners, pressure and acoustic pads, magnetometers, and fiber optic pressure sensors. Includes cost summaries, detection zone, user volume, installation time, and mobility.

Last Updated (Year): 2015

Year Produced: 2015

Abstract:

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection describes methods and technologies for counting pedestrians and bicyclists, offers guidance on developing a non-motorized count program, gives suggestions on selecting appropriate counting methods and technologies, and provides examples of how organizations have used non-motorized count data to better fulfill their missions.

For:Walking, Biking

The E's:Evaluation

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Counting
• Assessment

Ped Bike Topic:

• Traffic Assessment
• Tools
• Research
• Forecasting
• Data Collection
• Data
• Assessment
• Analysis

Resource Type:

• Guidance

Link to Content Source:

Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection (NCHRP Report 797)