Bicycle Lane Efficiency Jeff Evans: [email protected]@purdue.edu Alberto Salazar: [email protected]@purdue.edu Ryan Ehlerding:[email protected]@purdue.edu.

Bicycle Lane Efficiency

Bicycle Lane Efficiency Jeff Evans: [email protected] Salazar: [email protected] Ehlerding:[email protected] Fovargue: [email protected]

ObjectiveOur objective is to determine the effectiveness of two different bike lanes on campus and then compare them

At each location the following will be counted:Number of bikes on bike pathNumber of bikes off of bike pathNumber of pedestrians on bike path

MSEE Bike Path

Wetherill Bike Path

The two graphs show the totals of people walking on the bike path, bikes riding on the bike path, and bikes riding off of the bike bath.

Data was collected for 4 hours at each location in 1 hour intervals around the lunch hour of different days of the week of October 18th for a total of 8 hours of observation.

Final Counts At Both LocationsWetherillMSEEFinal CountAverageFinal CountAverageBikes In37894.5Bikes In17443.5Bikes Out4010Bikes Out8822People In39699People In570142.5Grand Total of OccupantsWeatherill: 814MSEE: 832

Interpretation of ResultsIt has been determined that the bike path in front of Wetherill is more efficient than the path in front of MSEE because of the barriers.

The addition of barriers between the bike and pedestrian paths and better bike path site selection would greatly improve the efficiency and safety for occupants