Downtown Bike Parking Analysis 3-4-2015

DOWNTOWN BIKE PARKING ANALYSIS

HISTORICAL USE

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

GO boulder has been collecting downtown

bicycle parking data since 2007

The Objective:

To understand historical supply and demand trends

and to identify where additional bike parking is

needed.

The Goal:

To improve end of trip facilities in order to create a

more bicycle friendly downtown.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

These additions could have a variety of benefits:

Economic:

“When trip frequency is accounted for, the average monthly

expenditures by customer modes of travel reveal that bicyclists,

transit users, and pedestrians are competitive consumers and for

all businesses except supermarkets, spend more, on average than

those who drive.”

Reduced maintenance costs:

Hard to quantify, but less roadway usage means less road

maintenance costs for taxpayers.

Source: By, Professor Kelly J. Clifton, Christopher Muhs, and Sara Morrissey. "CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND TRAVEL MODE CHOICES DRAFT Final Report." (n.d.): n. pag. Http://kellyjclifton.com/. Oregon Transportation Research And Education Consortium (OTREC), Nov. 2012. Web. May 2015.

PROJECT PHASES

We envision this project playing out in three

stages:

Phase I: Analysis of historical data (current phase)

Phase II: Analysis of Immediate priority areas

existing conditions and treatment recommendations

Phase III: Implementation of recommendations for

Immediate priority areas

DATA COLLECTION METHOD

The survey was conducted by volunteers at four

different times on four different days each year

Wednesday 6-7pm

Thursday 10-11am

Friday 7-8pm

Saturday 11-noon

41 blocks of downtown divided into eight

districts

In each district, volunteers counted parked

bicycles on each block face

North, East, South, West, and Interior

BIKE COUNT DISTRICTS

BIKE COUNT CLASSIFICATION

Three types of classification for parked bicycles

OR (On-Rack)– Bicycles that are locked to rack.

OO (On-Other)– Bicycles that are locked to objects

other than official bicycle racks

FS (Free Standing)– Bikes not attached to anything

On-Rack On-Other Free Standing

HISTORICAL DATA

Note: 2014 was statistical outlier because only 3 count dates could be

complete due to poor weather

ADDRESSING INCREASED DEMAND BY BLOCK

With increased demand comes the need for

increased supply

An analysis of 41 Downtown blocks was

performed to see which blocks were meeting/

not-meeting the increased demand

Unmet Demand was found by averaging the total

reported amount of bikes found OO, and FS over

each years four count days for each block face.

UNMET DEMAND 2007-13: BLOCKS OF EMPHASIS

RESULTS OF BLOCK BY BLOCK ANALYSIS

There are two possibilities for why these

blocks have historically underperformed:

Lack of Bike Parking Supply

Total demand of block (OR+OO+FS) exceeds the number

of total available bicycle parking spaces

Less than Ideal placement of Existing Bicycle

Parking Placement

Total bicycle parking supply exceeds total demand of

block (OR+OO+FS), but there is still a substantial amount

of unmet demand (OO+FS)

BLOCKS LACKING SUFFICIENT SUPPLY

BLOCKS WITH LESS THAN IDEAL PLACEMENT

APPLYING THE DATA

We divided up all of the blocks into three priority

levels:

Immediate Priority: Areas lacking sufficient supply

Near Term Priority: Areas with inadequate

placement (>8 unmet demand)

Long Term Priority: All other areas with inadequate

placement (<8 unmet demand)

NEXT STEPS

For this project there are three phases:

Phase I: Analysis of historical data (current phase)

Phase II: Analysis of Immediate priority areas

existing conditions and treatment recommendations

Phase III: Implementation of recommendations for

Immediate priority areas

Phase II and III will then be repeated for the

Near Term and Long Term priority areas

Any Questions….