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2009 WSDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project
We are excited to announce the second year of the Washington State Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project. During the project’s inaugural year, 2008, Cascade Bicycle Club, on contract through the Washington State Department of Transportation, enlisted over 140 volunteers to count bicyclists and pedestrians at nearly 100 locations around the state. Over 19,000 people were counted during the count periods last year. Given Washington State's efforts to increase the number of the people bicycling and walking during the past year, we hope that this number will be even higher in 2009.
Communities throughout the state have expressed interest in participating in the 2009 Documentation Project. In 2008 volunteers conducted counts in 20 cities; this year we will be adding several cities in addition to new locations within each city. The widespread interest in this project is encouraging, since it indicates awareness of the importance of collecting empirical data on bicycling and walking. Compared to other transportation modes, non-motorized transportation has historically received little attention when it comes to data collection.
The Washington State Documentation Project is an important step toward improving our system for collecting and analyzing bicycle and pedestrian data. Ultimately, this data will play a valuable role in planning, designing and funding bicycling and walking projects, will help us understand the factors that influence the levels of bicycling and walking in our communities.
This year’s bicycle and pedestrian counts will be on September 29 and 30, and October 1 during morning and afternoon peak periods (7 - 9 a.m. and 4 - 6 p.m.). We will be conducting counts in the following cities: Bellevue, Bellingham, Bothell, Bremerton, Burien, Ellensburg, Everett, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Longview, Kelso, OakHarbor, Olympia, Richland, Redmond, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Walla Walla, Wenatchee, Yakima, Ferndale, Lyndale, Tukwila, and Burien. The success of this project relies on our volunteers, and we thank those who were involved last year. If you are available for a 2-hour shift to count the number of bicyclists and pedestrians in your community, please fill in your information here. We look forward to working with you!
For information on the Count Project, contact Tessa Greegor at: tessa.greegor@cascadebicycleclub.org or 206-204-0913
2009 Count Documents
2008 WSDOT Report
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