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Page 10 <br /> <br />Pedestrian & Bicycle Trends <br />Collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists are examined separately from vehicle collisions as these <br />are the most vulnerable users of the transportation network. Due to the low number of pedestrians and <br />bicycle collisions, the collision analysis spans a three-year period 3. Pedestrian collisions increased by <br />four and bicycle collisions increased by six this period. There were 34 collisions involving pedestrians <br />and 93 bicycle collisions over the three-year period (there were 30 pedestrian and 87 bicycle collisions <br />in the previous three-year period4). <br />Twenty-eight of the 93 bicycle collisions were “solo” bicycle collisions (a bicyclist crashing without <br />another party involved)5. The percentage of “solo” bike collisions continues to be 30% of all bicycle <br />crashes. <br />Citywide traffic counts were conducted at 153 <br />intersections in both 2022 and 2023. Vehicle, bicycle, <br />and pedestrian volumes were recorded during the <br />morning and evening peak travel times. This data was <br />used to calculate changes in bicycle use (23% <br />decrease in the morning and 8% decrease in the <br />evening) and changes in pedestrian activity (4% <br />decrease in the morning and 3% increase in the <br />evening). Pedestrian and bicycle volumes are trending <br />closer to the 2017 counts. <br />The percentage of bicyclists and pedestrians <br />compared to overall traffic volume was calculated and <br />both the bicycle and pedestrian percentages <br />decreased from 2022 to 20236. This is the first <br />decrease since we started tracking this statistic in <br />2017. This reduction is a combination of an increase in <br />vehicles on the road and fewer trips taken by bicycle <br />and pedestrian modes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3 The current three-year period is 12/1/2020 to 11/30/2023 <br />4 The previous three-year period is 12/1/2019 to 11/30/2022 <br />5 “Solo” bicycles collisions are the result of a bicyclist falling off the bicycle for various reasons (medical, not paying attention, <br />hitting an object, roadway conditions, etc.) <br />6 Total bicyclists and total pedestrians were divided by total of vehicles for 153 intersections to calculate bicycle and <br />pedestrian usage percentages <br />+8% <br />-7% <br />0 <br />2000 <br />4000 <br />6000 <br />8000 <br />10000 <br />12000 <br />Bicycles Pedestrians <br />Overall Bicycle and <br />Pedestrain Volumes <br />2019 2022 <br />-1% <br />-12% <br />0 <br />2000 <br />4000 <br />6000 <br />8000 <br />Bicycles Pedestrians <br />Overall Bicycle and <br />Pedestrain Volumes <br />(AM and PM only) <br />2019 2022 <br />0.00% <br />0.20% <br />0.40% <br />0.60% <br />0.80% <br />1.00% <br />AM PM <br />Bicycle Percentage <br />2017 2019 2022 2023