Nelson City Council Cycle Counting Yvonne Gwyn Sustainable Transport Adviser RAD 948168 RAD 948168
Counting program m e • NCC Cycle Strategy 2006 – “a comprehensive city-wide cycle use survey at main intersections on the road and path network… ” • Two parts to programme: – 5-yearly comprehensive manual count at 22 locations • Supplemented by several automatic counts to verify accuracy of counters and to extrapolate 24hr data – 6-monthly counts at 5 key locations (manual and automatic for first year): 1. Atawhai cycleway (new) 2. Bishopdale railway reserve 3. Wakefield Quay 4. Stoke railway reserve 5. Whakatu cycleway (new) • Pedestrian counts also included where possible RAD 948168
Cyclists – 8 hr m anual count Cyclists Counts (8hr manual) 450 400 Number of cyclists 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 June December December July July July July July July February February February February February February 2001200220032004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Date Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path RAD 948168
2 4 hour estim ates • Used 24hr tube Comparison between summer 8hr manual cycle count counts at the same and 24hr estimate locations to determine the 800 percentage of 700 cyclists outside the periods counted 600 Number of Cyclists manually. 500 • Increased summer 400 manual counts over 300 last 9 years by this percentage to 200 estimate 24hour 100 count. 0 • Factor applies to 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 summer counts Date only. Railway Reserve - Stoke 8hr Railway Reserve - Stoke 24hr RAD 948168
Cyclists – 2 4 hr estim ate Cyclists - 24hr Summer Estimates (tube counts) 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 800 800 700 700 Number of cyclists 600 600 500 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 0 0 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path RAD 948168
Pedestrians – 8 hr m anual count Pedestrian Counts (8hr manual counts) 250 Number of pedestrians • Flatter trend 200 than for 150 cyclists 100 • No 24hr 50 estimate for pedestrians 0 July July July July July June February February February February February February December December 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Date Railway Reserve - Stoke Railway Reserve - Bishopdale Rocks Road Atawhai Shared Path Whakatu Shared Path RAD 948168
Cycles 8 hr m anual count • Total 6,658 cyclists counted (though any single cyclist may have been counted multiple times) • Largest numbers on Stoke railway reserve – schools RAD 948168
Cycling AM Peak • 7.30 – 9.00 • Similar patterns of use to full day count RAD 948168
Pedestrians 8 hr m anual count • Total 9,024 pedestrians counted • Highest numbers around the CBD, followed by the Stoke railway reserve RAD 948168
Pedestrians AM Peak • Highest numbers still in the CBD • Very few on the Atawhai and Whakatu shared paths RAD 948168
Cyclists - Gender • More males than females at all sites • Females less than ¼ at Pascoe Street and Waimea/ van Diemen • Highest female usage on Stoke railway reserve and Tasman Street RAD 948168
Cyclists - Age • School age or adult – observation • Largest numbers of school aged cyclists on Stoke railway reserve in vicinity of Broadgreen Intermediate • Also high numbers on Bishopdale railway reserve • Lowest numbers on Haven Road RAD 948168
Cyclists - helm ets • High usage at all sites RAD 948168
Cyclists – High visibility gear • Less than half of cyclists at most sites • Exception – Tahunanui Drive • Wakatu shared path also nearly 50% • Least at Nile/ Tasman RAD 948168
Turning m ovem ents • Hot off the press! • Turning movements at 22 sites recorded for cyclists and pedestrians • Some examples… RAD 948168
Saxton Road/ Railw ay Reserve intersection Cyclists Pedestrians RAD 948168
Bridge/ Tasm an/ Dom ett / Maitai path Cyclists Pedestrians RAD 948168
W aim ea Rd/ Railw ay Reserve Cyclists Pedestrians RAD 948168
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