Counting Active People
From our interviews with neighbors, we know that many locals walk, run, and bike through the Parkway. But can you guess how many?
From our interviews with neighbors, we know that many locals walk, run, and bike through the Parkway. But can you guess how many?
We have some insight there, from helping over the past several years with the annual city-wide trail counts. Here are a few results from 2012 through 2016 Terwilliger counts in the Parkway:
- 84 active users per hour
- 50/50 bike/pedestrian split
- 60/40 male/female split
Naturally, there’s a big variation in results from year to year, depending on weather and other activities.
Highest count: 168 per hour during evening commute hours in 2014.
Lowest count: 24 per hour during a very rainy Saturday last September.
Let us know if you would like more information, or if you would like to help with counting in 2017. The city-wide “Trail Counts,” which are part of a nation-wide survey, happen in one week each September. There is also an annual summer count of bicycles that allows the volunteers more flexibility in setting the days on which they count.