Downtown Denver Summer 2013 Pedestrian Count Report

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Downtown Denver Summer 2013 Pedestrian Count Report Funded by the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District

Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc.

Research Department Research Department • 511 16th Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202 • 303-534-6161 • www.DowntownDenver.com


INTRODUCTION Since 1994, the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) has funded two pedestrian counts in Downtown Denver each year. The BID conducts a comprehensive count in the summer and a partial count in the winter. This report summarizes data collected during the summer of 2013. Pedestrian counts allow Downtown Denver stakeholders to: • Measure pedestrian traffic for prospective Downtown Denver retailers, developers and businesses. • Determine the impact of new development. • Predict or measure success of a Downtown Denver event. • Help determine priority areas for streetscape and amenity projects. • Locate areas where increased police presence and cleaning services may be needed. METHODOLOGY Timeframe The 2013 summer pedestrian counts took place from June 18 to August 21 . th

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Process The BID hired individuals to count pedestrians as they passed a specific spot located in the middle of the block on one side of the street. Counters used automatic, handheld tally counters to count pedestrians on both weekdays and weekends during the middle of the day (11:30am-1:30pm) and the evening (5:00pm-7:00pm). BID staff entered and analyzed data collected by counters. From these two hour counts, BID staff used a tool developed by the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project to estimate daily, weekly, monthly and annual pedestrian counts. For more information on this extrapolation process, please see appendix B. Weather Weather can have an impact on both pedestrian activity and the ability to conduct pedestrian counts. Occasionally, the BID needs to reschedule counts due to severe weather and counters record weather conditions as they count pedestrians. Weather conditions during the summer 2013 pedestrian counts were favorable, with average temperatures and minimal precipitation. The average mean temperature for the 18 days the counts took place was 74°. The high temperature recorded during the count time period was 89°, a little higher than the historical average of 82°. The low temperature recorded during the count time period was 58°, also higher than the historical average of 53°. During the 18 days counting occurred, 0.54 inches of precipitation fell in Denver, with one of these days having more than a trace of precipitation. While counts were conducted before historic rainfall fell over the metro area during mid-September, various Saturday counts had to be canceled due to rain. Thus, counters were not able to complete all Saturday counts in the summer of 2013. External Influences and Limitations In addition to weather, a variety of other outside factors can influence pedestrian counts, including special events, conferences and/or construction. Pedestrian counters record any obvious outside influences throughout their shifts that may impact pedestrian activity and the BID takes these notes into account during data analysis. However, it is not possible to control for all external influences and thus year-to-year variation in counts is expected. Additionally, counts are subject to potential human and equipment errors. The BID carefully manages the pedestrian count process in order to minimize potential errors and is confident in the count’s results.

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In addition to these core sites, pedestrian counts take place in a certain zone that covers a quarter of the blocks in the BID. With the goal of measuring pedestrian activity on every block in the BID, the Pedestrian Count Program developed a rotating zone program in 2011. The 120 blocks within the BID’s boundaries belong to one of four zones, with pedestrian counts occurring in one zone every four years. The map on this page shows the four zones within the BID. In the summer of 2013, pedestrian counts occurred throughout Zone C. Zone C includes the historic LoDo neighborhood, the area adjacent to the Union Station redevelopment, and also borders Coors Field.

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AVERAGE DAILY PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY UNION The following mapCIR shows the estimated number of pedestrians that walk on a GATEWAY specific block in Downtown LIGHT RAIL BRIDGE Denver on an average day. The numbers on this map are extrapolatedPLAZA from two-hour counts. See Appendix A and B for more information about the extrapolation process. CHESTNUT PL H

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ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS Pedestrian Traffic Changes Throughout the Day Most blocks in the BID have slightly higher pedestrian traffic during the middle of the day than during the evening, however counts on some blocks show more extreme pattens. On average, mid-day pedestrian traffic is 14% higher than evening pedestrian traffic. The following table shows blocks that have the largest difference between mid-day and evening pedestrian traffic. For a full list of counts, see appendix A. Blocks with higher mid-day pedestrian traffic Speer between Blake and Market* Arapahoe between 16th & 17th Blake between 17th and 18th Larimer between 18th and 19th* Larimer between 14th & 15th Wazee between 16th and 17th Wynkoop between 14th and 15th* Wynkoop between 18th and 19th 14th St. between Larimer and Lawrence* Lawrence between 13th/Speer and 14th*

Blocks with higher evening pedestrian traffic Market between 18th and 19th 14th Court between Blake and Market 20th between Blake and Market 20th between Market and Larimer* 20th between Wazee and Blake* Speer between Wewatta and Wazee* Speer between Larimer and Lawrence* Market between 19th and 20th Blake between 16th and 17th Market between 14th and 15th

*Denotes block where only one side of the street was counted because other side is outside of BID and Zone boundaries

16th Street Mall As the main pedestrian thoroughfare in the BID, measuring pedestrian activity on the 16th Street Mall is a major goal of the Pedestrian Count Program. Count sites along the 16th Street Mall have the highest amount of pedestrian traffic in Downtown Denver. In fact, the top ten highest counts were all on the 16th Street Mall. The BID estimates that the average daily pedestrian activity for a block on the 16th Street Mall ranges from a low of 14,218 pedestrians to a high of 29,582 pedestrians. (note: these numbers are extrapolated from twohour counts; see appendices for more information about the extrapolation process.) Block 16th between Tremont and Glenarm 16th between Glenarm and Welton 16th between Welton and California 16th between California and Stout 16th between Lawrence and Larimer 16th between Blake and Market 16th between Wazee and Blake 16th between Wynkoop and Wazee 16th Street Mall AVERAGE 16th between Wewatta and Wynkoop* 16th between Market and Larimer*

Estimated Annual Estimated Ave. Weekly Estimated Ave. Daily Pedestrian Traffic Pedestrian Traffic Pedestrian Traffic 7,753,601 149,108 23,857 7,327,264 140,909 22,545 9,187,769 176,688 28,270 9,614,111 184,887 29,582 5,069,169 97,484 15,597 8,487,476 163,221 26,115 4,725,033 90,866 14,539 4,620,935 88,864 14,218 7,098,170 136,503 21,841 3,521,272 3,948,126

*Count impacted by construction on block. Not included in average.

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67,717 75,926

10,835 12,148


Special Events The BID counted pedestrian activity on the 16th Street Mall during a special event, Make Music Denver, in June 2013. Make Music Denver resulted in a 45% increase in pedestrian activity between 11:30am and 1:30pm and a 106% increase between 5:00pm and 7:00pm on 16th Street between Glenarm and Welton.

Impact of Make Music Denver Event on Pedestrian Activity 4,500 4,000

Total Pedestrians

3,500 Event Weekday

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CONCLUSION Outlook for 2014 In 2014, the BID will count pedestrians in the Broadway and Lincoln area within Zone D of the BID. This count will provide important baseline data for the area near the Civic Center Park as well as the RTD Civic Center Transit Station. After next summer’s counts, the BID will have completed its four-year rotation and thus, will have a pedestrian count for every block in the BID. In early 2014, the BID will install automatic pedestrian counters at several locations in Downtown Denver. The BID will re-evaluate the pedestrian count program after the 2014 counts, taking into consideration the results from and experience with the automatic pedestrian counters. Acknowledgments The Downtown Denver Business Improvement District thanks the Summer 2013 pedestrian counters who spent hours counting pedestrians around Downtown Denver. The BID also thanks the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project and Alta Planning and Design for providing a model for pedestrian extrapolations. About this Report The Summer Pedestrian Count report is created by the Downtown Denver Research Department. Staff contributors and editors include: Riley LaMie, Emily Brett, Aylene McCallum and John Desmond. Please direct any questions about this report to Emily Brett at ebrett@downtowndenver.com or 303-571-8216. Pedestrian count sheets and counter instructions are available upon request.

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APPENDIX A: FULL RESULTS

Block

AM RAW Count

Estimated Estimated Average Annual Daily Traffic Traffic (based on (based on AM count) AM count)

PM RAW Count

Estimated Estimated Percent Average Average Annual change Daily Daily Traffic between Traffic Traffic** (based on AM and (based PM count) PM*** on PM count)

14th Ct. bet. Blake and Market

37

61,446

168

61

140,699

385

277

-56%

14th Ct. bet. Wazee and Blake

102

197,625

541

141

278,763

764

653

-29%

337 / 429

340,072 / 799,219

1,561 649 / 387

748,475 / 823,970

2,154

1,857

-28%

14th St. bet. Blake and Market

156

290,625

94

200,137

548

672

45%

14th St. bet. California & Stout

511 / 428

515,658 / 823,438

1,834 317 / 395

365,588 / 911,086

1,749

1,792

5%

168

312,981

14th St. bet. Arapahoe & Lawrence

14th St. bet. Larimer and Lawrence*

796

857

14th St. bet. Market and Larimer

92

195,879

537

697

60%

112

193,750

531

531

n/a

15th bet. Blake and Market

603

1,436,836

3,937

509

1,330,671

3,646

3,791

8%

15th bet. Champa and Stout

456

883,500

2,421

509

1,127,071

3,088

2,754

-22%

15th bet. Market and Larimer

723

1,400,813

3,838

520

1,151,429

3,155

3,496

22%

15th bet. Wazee and Blake

834

2,345,625

6,426

599

1,925,357

5,275

5,851

22%

15th bet. Wynkoop and Wazee

765

2,241,211

6,140

540

1,808,036

4,954

5,547

24%

16th bet. Blake and Market

4,616

10,152,981

27,816

3,545

8,911,195

24,414

26,115

14%

16th bet. California and Stout

6080 / 5690

12,270,833 / 9,038,802

29,191

4,743 10,939,955

29,972

29,582

-3%

16th bet. Glenarm and Welton

5590 / 5841

10830625 / 6,736,272

24,064

3,466

7,674,714

21,027

22,545

14%

16th bet. Lawrence and Larimer

3,119

6,043,063

16,556

2,413

5,343,071

14,639

15,597

13%

16th bet. Market and Larimer

2,418

4,880,078

13,370

1,729

3,988,021

10,926

12,148

22%

16th bet. Tremont and Glenarm

6420 / 4262

11,106,026 / 5,734,462

23,069

3,900

8,995,536

24,645

23,857

-6%

16th bet. Wazee and Blake

2,794

5,413,375

14,831

1,553

5,199,777

14,246

14,539

4%

16th bet. Welton and California

6,230

12,070,625

33,070

3,714

8,566,518

23,470

28,270

41%

16th bet. Wewatta and Wynkoop*

1,590

4,658,203

12,762

971

3,251,116

8,907

10,835

43%

16th bet. Wynkoop and Wazee

2,231

6,274,688

17,191

1,277

4,104,643

11,246

14,218

53%

882

2,101,641

5,758

632

1,457,738

3,994

4,876

44%

17th bet. Blake and Market 17th bet. Market and Larimer

1,285

2,489,688

6,821

811

1,795,786

4,920

5,871

39%

17th bet. Wazee and Blake

691

1,868,690

5,120

826

2,552,885

6,994

6,057

-27%

17th bet. Wynkoop and Wazee

697

1,884,916

5,164

498

1,539,148

4,217

4,690

22%


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Estimated Estimated Average Annual PM Daily Traffic RAW Traffic (based on Count (based on AM count) AM count)

Estimated Estimated Percent Average Annual Average change Daily Traffic Daily Traffic between Traffic** (based on (based on AM and PM count) PM count) PM***

18th bet. Blake and Market

617

1,195,438

3,275

476

1,054,000

2,888

3,081

13%

18th bet. Market and Larimer

925

1,866,862

5,115

506

1,377,946

3,775

4,445

35%

18th bet. Wazee and Blake

450

1,318,359

3,612

333

1,114,955

3,055

3,333

18%

18th bet. Wynkoop and Wazee

620

1,816,406

4,976

462

1,546,875

4,238

4,607

17%

19th bet. Blake and Market

283

548,313

1,502

188

416,286

1,141

1,321

32%

19th bet. Market and Larimer

206

415,755

1,139

141

325,223

891

1,015

28%

418

1,343,571

3,681

3,681

n/a

19th bet. Wazee and Blake 19th bet. Wewatta and Wynkoop*

194

568,359

1,557

123

411,830

1,128

1,343

38%

19th bet. Wynkoop and Wazee

143

386,719

1,060

151

466,690

1,279

1,169

-17%

20th bet. Blake and Market*

164

330,990

907

324

747,321

2,047

1,477

-56%

98

197,786

542

180

415,179

1,137

840

-52%

120

351,563

963

197

659,598

1,807

1,385

-47%

20th bet. Market and Larimer* 20th bet. Wazee and Blake* 20th bet. Wewatta and Wazee*

97

135,532

371

116

185,234

507

439

-27%

1,995

3,865,313

10,590

724

1,603,143

4,392

7,491

141%

Blake bet. 14th and 15th

250

571,875

1,567

206

689,732

1,890

1,728

-17%

Blake bet. 15th and 16th

1,339

3,062,963

8,392

1,094

3,516,429

9,634

9,013

-13%

Blake bet. 16th and 17th

1,086

2,191,797

6,005

973

3,127,500

8,568

7,287

-30%

Blake bet. 17th and 18th

1,188

2,717,550

7,445

626

1,636,543

4,484

5,965

66%

Blake bet. 18th and 19th

770

1,761,375

4,826

479

1,252,243

3,431

4,128

41%

Blake bet. 19th and 20th

422

965,325

2,645

395

1,075,670

2,947

2,796

-10%

California bet. 15th and 16th

1,334

2,584,625

7,081

7,235

-4%

1,231

2,484,440

6,807

2,697,000 1,222,470 / 1,826,785

7,389

Larimer bet. 14th & 15th

1,218 530 / 1,584

4,177

5,492

63%

Larimer bet. 15th and 16th*

407

821,419

2,250

410

945,685

2,591

2,421

-13%

Larimer bet. 16th and 17th*

413

833,529

2,284

341

786,533

2,155

2,219

6%

Larimer bet. 17th and 18th*

193

389,518

1,067

171

394,420

1,081

1,074

-1%

Larimer bet. 18th and 19th*

339

631,550

1,730

182

387,500

1,062

1,396

63%

Larimer bet. 19th and 20th*

218

439,974

1,205

162

373,661

1,024

1,115

18%

Larimer bet. Speer and 14th

275

555,013

1,521

299

689,658

1,889

1,705

-20%

Lawrence bet. 13th/Speer and 14th*

182

339,063

929

104

221,429

607

768

53%

Arapahoe bet. 16th & 17th

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Block

Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Percent Average Average Annual PM Annual Average change Daily Daily Traffic RAW Traffic Daily Traffic between Traffic Traffic** (based on Count (based on (based on AM and (based on AM count) PM count) PM count) PM*** AM count)

AM RAW Count

Market between 14th and 15th

554

1,498,197

4,105

686

2,120,192

5,809

4,957

-29%

Market between 15th and 16th*

516

1,511,719

4,142

355

1,188,616

3,256

3,699

27%

1,257

2,874,244

7,875

720

1,880,979

5,153

6,514

53%

593

1,172,385

3,212

3,212

n/a

Market between 18th and 19th

212

427,865

1,172

317

1,061,384

2,908

2,040

-60%

Market between 19th and 20th

385

745,938

2,044

561

1,194,437

3,272

2,658

-38%

Speer between Blake and Market*

142

264,543

725

41

87,294

239

482

203%

Speer between Larimer and Lawrence*

273

550,977

1,510

390

899,554

2,465

1,987

-39%

Speer between Market and Larimer*

21

42,383

116

23

53,051

145

131

-20%

Speer between Wewatta and Wazee*

56

78,245

214

89

142,119

389

302

-45%

730

1,443,240

3,954

3,954

n/a

Market between 16th and 17th Market between 17th and 18th

Stout between 14th and 15th Wazee between 15th and 16th

708

1,991,250

5,455

460

1,478,571

4,051

4,753

35%

Wazee between 16th and 17th

1,429

4,186,523

11,470

771

2,581,473

7,073

9,271

62%

Wazee between 17th and 18th

423

1,239,258

3,395

370

1,238,839

3,394

3,395

0%

Wazee between 18th and 19th

247

723,633

1,983

157

525,670

1,440

1,711

38%

Wazee between 19th and 20th

147

413,438

1,133

159

511,071

1,400

1,266

-19%

Wazee between Cherry Creek and 15th

274

770,625

2,111

277

856,113

2,346

2,228

-10%

Wewatta between 14th and 15th*

239

646,334

1,771

156

482,143

1,321

1,546

34%

Wynkoop between 14th and 15th*

548

1,541,250

4,223

309

955,014

2,616

3,420

61%

Wynkoop between 15th and 16th*

1,511

4,249,688

11,643

1,104

3,548,571

9,722

10,683

20%

Wynkoop between 16th and 17th*

737

1,993,089

5,461

481

1,486,607

4,073

4,767

34%

Wynkoop between 17th and 18th*

569

1,538,762

4,216

413

1,276,442

3,497

3,856

21%

Wynkoop between 18th and 19th

602

1,693,125

4,639

316

1,058,036

2,899

3,769

60%

* Count reflects pedestrians on one side of the street (vs. the typical two-sided count) due to various factors including BID or zone boundaries, construction, or missing count ** Average between average based on AM count and average based on PM count *** Percent change between average daily traffic based on AM count and average daily traffic based on PM count


APPENDIX B: EXPLANATION OF NBPD EXTRAPOLATION PROCESS The National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, along with Alta Planning and Design and the Institute of Transportation Engineers, developed a tool to estimate daily, weekly, monthly, and annual pedestrian activity from 2-hour pedestrian counts. This model takes into account the time of day, day of the week, climate, and type of pedestrian environment. Extrapolated numbers are based on the following adjustments. Contact DDP or visit bikepeddocumentation.org for more information. Table 1: Hourly Adjustments Model assumes 95% of pedestrian traffic occurs between 6am and 10pm; Downtown is considered a “PED District” APR-SEP OCT-MAR PED District PED District wkdy wkend wkdy wkend Hour % of ped traffic % of ped traffic

Table 2: Daily Adjustments Day % of weekly ped traffic SUN

18%

MON

14%

TUES

13%

WED

12%

THURS

12%

FRI

14%

SAT

18%

600

1%

1%

1%

0%

700

2%

1%

2%

1%

800

4%

3%

3%

2%

900

5%

3%

5%

4%

1000

6%

5%

6%

5%

1100

7%

6%

8%

8%

1200

9%

7%

9%

10%

Table 3: Monthly Adjustments (based on climate) % of yearly ped month traffic JAN 7%

1300

9%

7%

10%

13%

FEB

7%

1400

8%

9%

9%

11%

MAR

8%

1500

8%

9%

8%

8%

APR

8%

1600

7%

9%

7%

7%

MAY

8%

1700

7%

8%

6%

6%

JUN

8%

1800

7%

8%

7%

6%

JUL

12%

1900

7%

8%

7%

6%

AUG

16%

2000

7%

8%

6%

6%

SEP

8%

2100

6%

8%

5%

5%

OCT

6%

NOV

6%

DEC

6%

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