Counting Bicycle Helmets and Riders
Summary: We have links to methodologies for counting helmets and riders developed by New York State and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
The New York State Evaluation Manual
New York ran a bicycle helmet campaign back in 1990 and developed a manual for evaluating the success of the program. The following link skips over the campaign description and begins with the instructions for doing rider counts. It is a detailed manual with the procedures spelled out.
Alta Planning and Design
Alta Planning is building a national database sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers. They are looking for counts of bicyclists and pedestrians. They have instructions on conducting bicycle and pedestrian counts and surveys as part of the National Documentation Project. They propose that everyone count in September. They provide instructions for counts and surveys. They even have an Excel spreadsheet you can use. Unfortunately, they left out any reference at all to helmet observations or questions, so you would have to add that in, and it is not part of the national database they are trying to build.
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