Facilities

For each unique segment area there can be multiple facility types within a given Segment Area (e.g. roadway and sidewalk). Required parameters for Facilities include Facility Type and a brief Description. In addition, facilities can change over time (e.g. a roadway one year turns into a bike lane the next year). A new Facility Type must be created each time it changes. Facility Types included are:

bike lane
general activity count
roadway
path/trail
sidewalk
cycle track
crosswalk

Only include Facility Type where traffic counts are observed. For example, if bicycle counts are the only measurement on a typical urban street with a bike lane and sidewalks, and no bicyclists were observed on the sidewalk, then the only facility would be the bike lane. Additional characteristics associated with facilities should be included when applicable (e.g. sharrows or bike route signs on roadways). These additional characteristics are:

paved
side
facility width
color
color type
buffer (none, concrete barrier, other physical barrier, flexible posts, painted stripe)
overpass
underpass
sharrows
bike route signs
bike boulevard
intersection

The “side” of the facility should be included if the flow direction of travel is ambiguous.

Example

Figure 1 shows the intersection of Folsom St and 14th St where pedestrian and bicyclist counts were measured. There are two unique Segment Areas, “Folsom St & 14th St” and “14th St & Folsom St”. The “Folsom St & 14th St” Segment Area has three potential Facility Types:

bike lane on Folsom St
sidewalk on the east side of Folsom St
sidewalk on the west side of Folsom St

The “14th St & Folsom St” Segment Area has four potential facility types:

eastbound bike lane along a one way street that terminates at Folsom St,
roadway with sharrows on 14th St east of Folsom St
sidewalk on north side of 14th St
sidewalk on south side of 14th St

Other characteristics associated with facilities should be included when applicable (e.g. sharrows along 14th St east of Folsom St) because these additional types of characteristics often change over time.