Caltrans Seamless Travel Study
Download the Executive Summary or full report at:
http://www.altaplanning.com/caltrans+seamless+study.aspx
Alta Planning + Design
teamed with the Traffic Safety Center of the University of California
Berkeley to develop a model for estimating bicycle and pedestrian demand
for Caltrans Division of Innovation and Research. The project,
Seamless Travel, in coordination with the National Bicycle and
Pedestrian Documentation Project, is the largest and longest combined
count and survey effort in the United States focusing only on bicyclists
and pedestrians.
Using San Diego County as a case study, the
Seamless Travel Project is the first of its type to develop an extensive
database of count and survey data for use in analyzing and identifying
factors that influence bicycling and walking. While the modes were
studied together, it was recognized that they are distinct from one
another and were always counted, surveyed, and analyzed separately.
The project methodology included bicycle and pedestrian counts and
intercept surveys over a two-year period throughout the county and
evaluating the effects that socio-demographic, land use, and other
variables have on walking and biking rates within the county. The
report provides a review of the methodology along with count and survey
results, development of predictive models, and model results.
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Beth McKechnie | Workplace Commuter Options
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