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Date
11-3-2023
Description
The goal of agencies is to provide a safe and reliable multimodal transportation system that connects people and helps communities and economy thrive. In order to fulfill this mission, it is important to have a robust understanding of the usage of each mode within the system as well as the linkages between modes. Currently there is no systemic accounting of pedestrian traffic across the transportation network, making it difficult to understand systemic crash safety and prioritize projects. Analysts must rely on imperfect proxies such as land use density, race, income, and transit usage in the absence of measured pedestrian traffic data. A noteworthy possibility is to utilize existing traffic signal infrastructure to count pedestrians by using push-button actuation systems as permanent traffic counters. This presentation reports on the findings of a research study that sought to examine the feasibility of estimating pedestrian volumes from existing on-street infrastructure, such as pedestrian push-buttons, at a large scale.
Biographical Information
Sirisha Kothuri, Ph.D. is a senior research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Portland State University. Dr. Kothuri’s primary research interests are in the areas of multimodal traffic operations, bicycle and pedestrian counting, and safety.
Disciplines
Transportation | Urban Studies | Urban Studies and Planning
Recommended Citation
Kothuri, Sirisha, "Active Transportation Counts From Existing On-Street Signal And Detection Infrastructure" (2023). PSU Transportation Seminars. 251.