Canal cordon count k-day!

check_six

Spotted people doing a count of vehicles crossing the Grand Canal this morning. I'm going to guess that today is the day they put together their stats for the mode of transport figures.

It's a fine dry day and there are a lot of people out on bikes so it would be nice to see an increase in the figures cycling into town. Can anyone recall the figures from the last count? I think it was a bit of a miserable day which suppressed the figure a bit.

As with casting your vote, you should cross early and cross often!

schemingbohemia

https://data.dublinked.ie/dataset/traffic-volumes-city-centre-bridges-count

http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-roads-and-traffic-traffic-dublin/traffic-cordon-count?language=ga

10,893 cyclists last year (this doesn't include Dublin Bike users) which was 5% increase on 2014 but 125% increase since 2006. Not hugely far behind LUAS numbers which were 12,503

magicbastarder

Weepsie wrote: »

Ive unfortunately managed to concuss myself in a weird home accident so my cycling for me for a few days

you were trying rollers for the first time?

check_six

They only count from 7am to 10am? I should have done a few loops! I thought I could make up for it on the way home. Still, there were a lot of cyclists on the road this morning.

check_six

magicbastarder wrote: »

you were trying rollers for the first time?

I see a lot of people nowadays are going around without their indoors helmets on. I think it's terrible, Joe. Terrible!

robyntmorton

Weepsie wrote: »

Ive unfortunately managed to concuss myself in a weird home accident so my cycling for me for a few days

If it makes you feel any better I once almost concussed myself on a soap dispenser... In a hospital.

retalivity

Where were they counting? I gobaround the canal from rialto to baggot st...dont cross it though

magicbastarder

robyntmorton wrote: »

If it makes you feel any better I once almost concussed myself on a soap dispenser... In a hospital.

a friend of mine once dislocated a finger, pulling on a sock.

check_six

Here are the figures of the number of vehicles crossing the canal cordon between 7am-10am on a particular day in November each year.

Year
Mode 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Bus 1,680 1,740 1,814 1,704 1,688
Car 58,664 58,686 58,897 58,232 58,047
Taxi 3,825 4,583 5,079 4,980 4,809
Walk 17,114 18,594 18,360 14,618 15,092
Cycle 4,839 5,676 6,143 6,326 5,952
Goods 2,291 1,445 1,223 1,087 993
M.Bike2,395 2,429 2,375 2,060 1,656


2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Bus 1,539 1,503 1,539 1,504 1,528
Car 55,745 55,343 54,458 53,033 53,064
Taxi 4,862 5,277 5,458 4,955 4,699
Walk 14,551 17,070 17,495 19,711 18,727
Cycle 6,870 7,943 9,061 10,349 10,893
Goods 1,176 1,099 1,045 1,087 1,096
M.Bike1,485 1,425 1,423 1,372 1,390

check_six

Oh dear. Formatting seems to have gone out the window!

mcgratheoin

Fixed

Mode|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011|2012|2013 |2014 |2015
Bus| 1,680|1,740 |1,814|1,704|1,688|1,539|1,503|1,539|1,504|1,528
Car| 58,664|58,686 |58,897|58,232|58,047|55,745|55,343|54,458|53,033|53,064
Taxi| 3,825|4,583|5,079|4,980|4,809|4,862|5,277|5,458|4,955|4,699
Walk| 17,114|18,594 |18,360|14,618|15,092|14,551|17,070|17,495|19,711|18,727
Cycle| 4,839|5,676 |6,143|6,326|5,952|6,870|7,943|9,061|10,349|10,893
Goods| 2,291|1,445|1,223|1,087|993|1,176|1,099|1,045|1,087|1,096
M.Bike| 2,395|2,429|2,375|2,060|1,656|1,485|1,425|1,423|1,372|1,390

tomasrojo

Steady, strong rise in cycling. Gradual decline in private cars. Misleading graph though, because (I assume) one bus gets a count of one, one car gets a count of one. But one bus at rush hours contains about sixty people, most cars contain about one person at all times.

1bryan

check_six wrote: »

Here are the figures of the number of vehicles crossing the canal cordon between 7am-10am on a particular day in November each year.

Year
Mode 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Bus 1,680 1,740 1,814 1,704 1,688
Car 58,664 58,686 58,897 58,232 58,047
Taxi 3,825 4,583 5,079 4,980 4,809
Walk 17,114 18,594 18,360 14,618 15,092
Cycle 4,839 5,676 6,143 6,326 5,952
Goods 2,291 1,445 1,223 1,087 993
M.Bike2,395 2,429 2,375 2,060 1,656


2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Bus 1,539 1,503 1,539 1,504 1,528
Car 55,745 55,343 54,458 53,033 53,064
Taxi 4,862 5,277 5,458 4,955 4,699
Walk 14,551 17,070 17,495 19,711 18,727
Cycle 6,870 7,943 9,061 10,349 10,893
Goods 1,176 1,099 1,045 1,087 1,096
M.Bike1,485 1,425 1,423 1,372 1,390

very interesting. The increase in cyclist numbers almost completely offsets the decrease in car numbers. A pretty obvious message in that, IMO. If the numbers of cyclists doubled, thats a potential 10k less cars. Not gonna happen unless they invest in infrastructure, police cycle lanes, etc.

I'd imagine the bike-to-work scheme got lots more people out on bikes too. Yet another reason to keep extending it.

Carawaystick

Where's the west and east boundaries of the cordon?

OldBean

Do they take a count during Summer too? Would be interesting to see the drop off in season.

schemingbohemia

Carawaystick wrote: »

Where's the west and east boundaries of the cordon?

It's in the document linked to. There are 33 counting points.

schemingbohemia

OldBean wrote: »

Do they take a count during Summer too? Would be interesting to see the drop off in season.

DCC do a different count in June I think, this includes counts at Dame Street/Georges St junction.

[edit] May actually, from link above

In addition, every May there is a cordon count survey carried out at approximately 60 locations encapsulating a much wider cordon, for example; in addition to the cordon formed by the Grand & Royal Canal, further counts are carried out along the Liffey Bridges between Heuston Station and the East Link Bridge and Parnell Street and St. Stephens Green.

check_six

tomasrojo wrote: »

Steady, strong rise in cycling. Gradual decline in private cars. Misleading graph though, because (I assume) one bus gets a count of one, one car gets a count of one. But one bus at rush hours contains about sixty people, most cars contain about one person at all times.

Schemingbohemia's links contain the fine detail of the previous counts that were performed at each of the canal crossing points. The buses are counted singly, but it does mention that Dublin Bus performed a count of passengers on the day too. Doesn't mention where this information is as far as I can tell. There is a headcount for car occupancy. Sure enough, about 65% to 70% of all cars only had a single person in them on the way in to town.

schemingbohemia

Someone a bit more skilled might be able to copy this material into a post but it shows an infographic numbers of people coming into city centre. The NTA get passenger figures from the transport companies, you'll often also see people getting onto buses and counting pax.

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CanalCordonInfographic2015.pdf