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The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Monitoring Greg Lindsey, Principal Investigator Humphrey School of Public Affairs University of Minnesota

JANUARY 2017 Research Project Final Report 2017-02

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Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No.

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3. Recipients Accession No.

MN/RC 2017-02 4. Title and Subtitle

5. Report Date

The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Institutionalizing Bicycle and Pedestrian Monitoring

January 2017

7. Author(s)

8. Performing Organization Report No.

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Greg Lindsey, Michael Petesch, Tohr Vorvick, Lisa Austin, Bruce Holdhusen 9. Performing Organization Name and Address

10. Project/Task/Work Unit No.

Humphrey School of Public Affairs University of Minnesota 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455

CTS #2015071

12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Minnesota Department of Transportation Research Services & Library 395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330 St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-1899

Final Report

11. Contract (C) or Grant (G) No.

(c) 99008 (wo) 177

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

http://mndot.gov/research/reports/2017/201702.pdf 16. Abstract (Limit: 250 words)

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) launched the Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative in 2011, a statewide, collaborative effort to encourage and support non-motorized traffic monitoring. This report summarizes work by MnDOT and the University of Minnesota between 2014 and 2016 to institutionalize bicycle and pedestrian monitoring. The project team established a new statewide bicycle and pedestrian traffic monitoring network with 25 permanent monitoring locations and a new district-based portable counting equipment loan program. Other key accomplishments included Minnesota’s first Bicycle and Pedestrian Annual Traffic Monitoring Report, a new MnDOT website for reporting annual and short-duration counts, and a new Bicycle and Pedestrian ="&$L5)

“Daily” worksheet (aggregates data into days): 1. Data collected on the day of installation are automatically eliminated, but the days the equipment was installed, taken down and the days after take down must be manually removed from the main table 2. Eliminate incomplete days of data by selecting columns A through M of the rows of with dates when midnight to midnight was not continuously counted 3. Right click and choose “Delete” and then “Shift cells up” 4. The tables and graphs in the “Daily” and “Summary” worksheets will automatically correct themselves based on the changes to this table

“Summary” worksheet (aggregates data into days):

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1. If the graphs and table are bleeding onto multiple pages as the picture below shows, click on the “View” tab in Excel, click “Page Break Preview,” and then drag the blue dotted lines (both horizontal and vertical) until they box in each of your pages (shown on next page).

Graph 2 is bleeding onto page 1.

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AFTER

Blue vertical line hidden behind graph

2. Read the prompts in the headers and then replace them with your count details

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3. Edit the summary text box so that it addresses the specific collection site, characteristics, and data output.

Saving a PDF copy of your report:

1. Click on the “File” tab in Excel, click on “Save & Send” and choose “Create PDF/XPS Document”

2. When the “Publish for PDF or XPS” window appears, click on “Options” and enter the page range (typically 5 pages but if change accordingly if you customize the template or add extra tables / graphs).

3. Click “OK,” name our file and chose a place to save it, then click “Publish”

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APPENDIX F INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALCULATING FACTORS IN ECO-VISIO

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APPENDIX G LIST OF MANUAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS IN MINNESOTA

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APPENDIX H GRANT PROPOSAL TO FHWA FOR COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

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