2.2.6 Multimodal Travel Data
Multimodal analysis involves considering other modes of transportation, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, transit, and freight. This subsection provides a list of the different data types that are often used to conduct analysis on different modes of transportation. For additional analysis-specific data requirements not covered in this subsection, see
Chapter 14 – Multimodal Analysis
.Pedestrian and Bicycle Data Types
- Pedestrian counts taken at defined location;
- Bicycle counts;
- Scooter counts;
- Sidewalk location, length, and discontinuity, if any;
- Sidewalk width;
- Sidewalk and pavement condition;
- Buffer type;
- Posted speed;
- Type of facility (e.g., shared-use path, buffered bike lane);
- Pedestrian/bicycle facility surface type;
- Average Daily Traffic (ADT) on an adjacent roadway facility;
- Parking type (e.g., parallel, angled, back in);
- Adjacent land use; and
- Number of lanes on adjacent roadway facility
Transit Data Types
- Route;
- Service type (e.g., light rail, bus rapid transit);
- Number and location of stops (i.e., passenger boarding and alighting locations);
- Dwell time at stops; and
- Frequency and headway
Freight Data Types
- Passenger car equivalents;
- Truck traffic percentage;
- Tonnage;
- Commodity type;
- Freight warehouses, distribution facilities or ports that generate truck traffic;
- Location of railroad crossings; and
- Truck types