Worldwide

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• Worldwide
• Counting
• Practices
• Travel Data User Forum
• Jean-Francois Rheault
• Project Manager
• Eco-counter
• Montreal, QC
• jfr_at_eco-counter.com

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Definition of an Automatic Counter

• Counting individuals and not just detection
• No effort to process and analyze the data
• Easy to installed and limited effort to calibrate
  the counter
• No outstanding maintenance

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• Vienna, Austria
• Radars installed in 2002
• Safety hazard specifically on sites with truck
  traffic
• Bad detection of groups of cyclists
• Moving to specialized bicycle loop

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• San Francisco, USA
• Specialized bicycle loop on bike lanes
• Ignore all motorized traffic
• 28 sites to be deployed in the first quarter of
  2010

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• Auckland, New-Zealand
• Bicycle specialized loop that ignore motorized
  traffic
• Cyclist only activated sign to prevent motorist
• Improve safety but also provide data on a
  dangerous site

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• Copenhaguen, Danemark
• Fiber optic
• Very accurate but extremely fragile
• Data is also used for communication

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• Millenium Bridge
• London, UK
• Passive infrared heat signature sensor to count
  pedestrians
• Cell phone modem for automatic data download

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• Northampton, UK
• Population 200 000
• 15 dedicated permanent sites for bike/ped counts
• Outstanding network monitoring
• United Kingdom is the most advanced country for
  bike/ped monitoring

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• Arlington, VA
• Specialized bicycle loops combined with infrared
  detector to distinguish between cyclists and
  pedestrians.
• Custis Trail very near where Lee Highway crosses
  over Interstate I-66

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• Chicago, IL
• Specialized bicycle tubes to distinguish between
  cyclists and motorized traffic.
• Portable
• Labor intensive

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• Vancouver, BC
• Lane removal on Burrard Bridge therefore highly
  sensitive project
• Specialized bike loop counter on all downtown
  bridges
• Infrared pedestrian counters on all downtown
  bridges
• All data available on the web for the public

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Conclusions

• Needs for monitoring active transportation
  traffic are different than for monitoring
  motorized traffic.
• Technologies are evolving and specialized sensors
  for pedestrians and cyclists are emerging.
• Quality options are commercially available and
  ready to use.

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• Jean-Francois Rheault
• Project Manager
• jfr_at_eco-counter.com
• Phone [phone]