Now our 4th annual survey, WWBPA volunteers counted 343 bicyclists and pedestrians at 3 locations around the train station on Wednesday September 10, 2014 between 5-8pm. Last year the count was 334, but the numbers are not directly comparable, since we counted at 5 locations last year. Comparing the same locations at the same times, biking and walking increased 24% over last year (which had decreased 18% from the year earlier). The weather cooperated this year, only 80 degrees and mostly sunny, in contrast to last year’s hot (90 degrees) and humid day.
Once again we participated in the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, an effort to accurately and consistently measure usage and demand for bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
Our 2014 findings:
- Cranbury/Wallace/571 (Rite Aid) ? 28 bike, 113 walk
- Scott/Alexander (Arts Center) ? 34 bike, 106 walk, 2 others
- Vaughn/Alexander (bus stop) ?? 18 bike, 42 walk
Total: 343 people, 80 who bike, 261 who walk, 2 on motorized wheelchairs or skateboards
Thanks to our volunteers!
Traffic along 571 in downtown West Windsor flowed freely except from 6:00-6:04pm, likely due to 2 different trains from NYC arriving within 5 minutes of each other.
Other observations:
- midblock crossings of 571 at Rite Aid driveway ? 8
- male ? 243, female ? 98 (?Other? gender data not collected)
- walkers ? 261, cyclists ? 80
- male cyclists – 70, female cyclists – 10
- male walkers – 173, female walkers – 88
- At 571, 4 semi trucks, two traveling together at 7:35pm
- At 571, 11 car honks, none directed at cyclists or pedestrians (most re left turning, a few at the 571 merge point where 2 lanes decrease to 1 southbound)
- At 571, the vast majority of cyclists wore helmets
- At 571, one couple relaxed in the pocket park for about 10 minutes
Tags: counting, Counting bicyclists, counting pedestrians, counting walkers, national bike pedestrian documentation, train station
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