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Show COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ABSTRACTS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT ABSTRACT Clayton Beckett, (Stephen Goldsmith, Heidi Goedhart) Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, Environmental & Sustainability Studies University of Utah An Active Transportation Assessment was conducted by Clayton Beckett, Katherine Nix, and Victoria Simmons in the hopes of figuring out the active transportation culture at the University of Utah. W e examined, a) the campus opinion towards these modes of transportation, b) the amount of riders, c) if the speed limit is accurate, d) to incorporate these modes into future planning efforts, and f) to improve safety for everyone. An active mode of transportation is any human-powered mode of transportation including but not limited to walking, bicycling, skateboarding, longboarding, scootering, unicycling, and other wheeled forms of transportation. Our findings are ongoing, as w e recently have released our online version that is being distributed to each college. Based on the responses w e have, w e have confirmed some of our hypothesis while certain results were surprising. There were some things we expected the data to reveal, such as a limited interest in a speed limit, in which case there were vastly more yes's than no's. Additionally, longboards and skateboards are viewed most negatively. Many surprised have come up so far. Based on our counts of speed, bicyclists travel much faster than longboards, with little concern for pedestrian intersections (data counts). They do not slow down to the degree that longboarders do. Also, peopleprefer a speed limit faster than what is cur rently in the rules and regulation. rm No MrjM 219% j 13 BBBH M.7% | 11 34.7% [ 17 Source: Active Transportation Assessment, 2013. Commuter Services. Source: Active Transportation Assessment, 2013. Commuter Services. The biggest finding was the speed limit that people travel at. As you can see above, the bicycle travels the fastest. Not surprisingly, everyone travels above the speed limit, signaling a need for an evaluation of current rules and regulations. Our data is limited, but our findings so far suggest a campus climate than is conflicted. The most dangerous users, in the eyes of students, are actually traveling a much slower speed than the "ideal". The amount of users when comparing all forms of active transportation demonstrates that longboarders and bicyclists use campus similarly. While there are many more responses from bicyclists on our online survey, the amount of trips taken is not as skewed to the bicycle as one would assume based on our counts. Average Mode Speeds 14.S 1.7826087 1 J.76923077 14.3103448:1 16.01315 '89 5 10 15 Speed(Mlles per Hour) 20 Snnroe: Ron c/ronu, Oaywn Beckett (2013). Trips Taken on Campus by Mode .§ Other C Cart a. Skateboard n Longboard £ Bike 1 50 100 Total Trips 150 200 Source: Data Counu, Clayton Beckett (2013). Clayton Beckett Stephen Goldsmith |
