TRB Webinar: Tools for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection

TRB conducted a webinar on January 29, 2015, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that explored NCHRP Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection. Webinar presenters provided an overview of the guidebook's contents and a short summary of the research.

This webinar introduced applications for non-motorized count data, technologies and methods for collecting non-motorized count data, and methods for adjusting raw count data to (a) correct errors inherent to a given counting technology and (b) adjust counts to estimate volumes over different periods of time and/or under different environmental conditions than those counted.

A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.


Webinar Presenters

• Paul Ryus, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
• Robert Schneider, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Tony Hull, Toole Design Group
• Frank Proulx, University of California, Berkeley

Moderated by: Kelly Laustsen, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: Introduction
• PART 2: Project and guidebook overview
• PART 3: Non-motorized count applications
• PART 4: Non-motorized counting methods and technologies
• PART 5: Correcting and adjusting non-motorized count data
• PART 6: Wrap-up
• PART 7: Question and answer session

The first 90 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe how to use the guidebook as a resource for supporting a variety of non-motorized counting applications;
• Summarize the relative strengths and weaknesses of fourteen non-motorized counting methods and technologies, as well as how to correct and adjust count data and how to develop local correction factors for counting equipment and count sites; and
• Discuss how to use the guidebook as a resource for supporting a variety of non-motorized counting applications.

Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in January 2014. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.