Active Transportation Counts from Existing On-street Signal and Detection Infrastructure

The primary research objectives for this project are as follows: Explore the feasibility of collecting pedestrian data from existing on-street infrastructure (such as pedestrian pushbuttons) at a large scale. Develop adjustment factors to convert pedestrian data collected from existing on-street infrastructure to actual pedestrian counts. Determine the transferability of the methods developed to convert infrastructure data to estimated pedestrian counts and the efforts needed to apply these methods statewide. Develop a workflow to integrate pedestrian traffic counts from existing infrastructure into ODOT’s enterprise traffic data system. Pedestrian pushbutton actuations only provide a general level of pedestrian activity (the number of the times the button was activated) and do not provide pedestrian counts, but adjustment factors could provide estimated pedestrian counts. Such counts would be useful for traffic monitoring, as measures of exposure for systemic safety analysis, to help prioritize active transportation projects, etc. The method proposed in this study has the potential to provide pedestrian volume information at a number of signalized intersections using existing infrastructure data, which can be used in safety analyses. This research is timely as ODOT is creating its bicycle and pedestrian performance measures and data implementation framework, which will include a recommended structure for a pedestrian and bicycle count program. The outputs from this research can help inform the program. Additionally, pedestrian volumes can also be used to inform new key performance measures that are reported to the Oregon Transportation Commission.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $140000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR 857

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  555 13th Street NE
  Salem, OR  United States  97301
• Project Managers:

  Roll, Josh

• Performing Organizations:

  Portland State University

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Engineering Bldg, 301D, 1930 SW 4th Ave.
  Portland, OR  United States  97201

  Utah State University, Logan

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  Logan, UT  United States  84332
• Principal Investigators:

  Kothuri, Sirisha

• Start Date: 20210901
• Expected Completion Date: 20231031
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Pedestrian counts; Pedestrian detectors
• Identifier Terms: Oregon Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01829894
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Oregon Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR 857
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 13 2021 6:06PM