Active Transportation Measurement and Benchmarking Development: New Orleans Case

This project aims to improve the policy making and planning framework by creating a comprehensive set of active transportation indicators on current usage and safety trends in New Orleans. New Orleans is significantly expanding the scope of active transportation facilities, moving from under 5 miles of bicycle facilities before Katrina to over 40 miles planned for completion in 2010. This project will conduct user counts of the number of pedestrians and bicyclists both before and after facilities are enhanced at a diverse set of locations around New Orleans to examine the impact of this expansion. The project will leverage resources through partnerships with the Regional Planning Commission and Tulane University to help expand the scope and impact of the project.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $62000.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency

  Louisiana State University
  3221 P.F. Taylor Hall
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Performing Organizations:

  Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency

  Louisiana State University
  3221 P.F. Taylor Hall
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Principal Investigators:

  Fields, Billy

• Start Date: 20090901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 23411

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Bikeways; Case studies; Nonmotorized transportation; Pedestrians; Policy making; Research projects; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: New Orleans (Louisiana)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01464115
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:36PM