Trail Users Count!
Automated Bicyclist and Pedestrian Trail User Counting in Greater Philadelphia
This webinar explores how data, metrics, and advanced tools are being used to further the development of trail networks, and showcase how it especially helped with an extensive trail system in greater Philadelphia.
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October 19, 2017
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time)
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11:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Mountain Time)
12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (Central Time)
01:30 PM to 02:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Cost (RECORDING):
$19 for members (Trail Professional level or higher)
$39 for nonmembers
Learning Credit Cost:
CEUs are not available for this webinar.
Note:
Closed Captioning is available for this webinar.
Learning Credits are NOT available for this webinar.
Webinar Outline
- Learn about the types and costs of counter technologies and installation procedures.
- Understand both common and uncommon maintenance issues, and the resources needed to maintain a program.
- Understand the methods for creating seasonal adjustment factors and how they can be applied to short-duration counts.
- Visualize methods for storing, displaying, and sharing count data.
- Learn about patterns revealed through the data and how the data can inform and justify future trail investment decisions.
- Use supplied information to develop or improve your own permanent automated counting program at large or small scales.
Webinar Partners
Presenter
Chris Linn, Office of Environmental Planning, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Chris Linn manages the Office of Environmental Planning at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and leads
DVRPC’s Regional Trails Program – an $18 million grant and technical assistance program to plan and build the Circuit Trails,
Greater Philadelphia’s regional trail network. Chris helped create the Circuit brand and the Circuit Coalition, a group of trail
builders and champions working together to complete the Circuit. Chris was instrumental in incorporating the Circuit into
DVRPC’s long-range transportation plan, and in an action to place $15 million in Circuit trail projects on the region’s
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). In 2014, Chris initiated DVRPC’s permanent bicycle and pedestrian counting
program, employing 16 permanent counting stations on trails across the region and making the data available through a public-
facing website.
Contact: [email protected]
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Disclaimer
While we may individually agree (or disagree) in whole or in part with any or all of the participants, the views expressed in these webinars are not necessarily representative of the views of American Trails as an organization or its board and staff.
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