SUPER SUNDAY RECREATION COUNT Yarra November 2020 Count Summary in Yarra

8 NOV 2020 4 6802 LOCATIONS TOTAL TRIPS 9am-1pm

COUNT IN 2020 COUNT SITES TRAFFIC FLOW p. 4 p. 5 p. 6

The Super Sunday Recreation 4 sites were surveyed across A total of 6802 trips were Count was conducted on the municipality. recorded across all sites in this Sunday 8 November 2020 municipality over the four hour between 9am and 1pm. period. It was a sunny day in Yarra on The busiest site was 5619 with the day of the count, with SSW a total of 1887 trips. winds reaching 26km/h, and a maximum temperature of 13.1 degrees at 9am. By participating in the count, volunteer counters can choose to donate up to $140 to a local charity or community group. In this municipality a total of $560 went back to the local community through donations to nominated groups.

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 2 Dog- walkers Runners 5% 10% 1pm

Bicycles 9am 43% Walkers 54% 31%

GROWTH USER TYPES BUSIEST HOUR p. 7 p. 8 p. 9

Overall the number of users Bike riders represented the The busiest hour was from increased in the municipality highest proportion of users in 10:00-11:00 AM by 43% (6802 trips) compared the municipality, comprising to the same 4 sites surveyed in 54% of all users. The average volume every hour 2019 (4761 trips). was: The site with the largest growth • 9:00-10:00 AM: 1399 trips was site 5620 with an increase • 10:00-11:00 AM: 1869 trips of 154%. • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM: 1780 trips • 12:00-1:00 PM: 1754 trips

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 3 About Super Sunday

About the count Methodology ’s Super Super Sunday collects data Sunday is ’s largest from sites as selected by each visual recreation count, participating council. where volunteers record the frequency of bike riders, Volunteer counters monitor runners, walkers and dogs at the movements through their intersections across the county. sites recording the type of activity in every one hour on a The count provides quantitative standardised count sheet. surveys with reliable annual figures on the movements of Bicycle Network donates recreational users. This helps $140 to a local club, charity or councils provide facilities organisation nominated by the to support the recreational volunteer counter. activities in their communities. Following the completion of A growing number of local the visual count, counters enter governments around Australia the data directly via the web are using Super Counts link to guide investments and The submitted data is validated, programs in the recreational analysed and compiled into activity space. reports for participating councils and other agencies. Aims and Purposes Super Sunday is designed to Super Sunday 2020 provide insight into the users of The Super Sunday Recreation key recreational intersections, Count of 2020 was conducted namely: on Sunday 8th November • A tally of the recreational between 9am and 1pm*. users If required, recounts were • The routes taken conducted on Sunday 29th December 2020 during the • The type of activity same time slots. • The busiest hour 166 sites were counted nationwide involving 21 councils.

* Counts were conducted between 7-11am in Kingston (VIC), Cockburn (WA) and Darwin (NT) shires.

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 4 Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 5 Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 6 Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 7 Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 8 Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 9 Results

Total Count Hourly Volume Site ID Street names Bicycles Walkers Runners Dogs Others 2020 2019 % Growth 9:00- 10:00 10:00- 11:00 11:00- 12:00 12:00- 13:00 5617 Main Yarra Trail [E], Gardiners Crk 1082 82 125 9 4 1302 1384 -6% 372 310 369 251 Bridge [SE], Main Yarra Trail at St. Kevin's boatshed [NW] 5618 Main Yarra Trail through Gipps St 775 992 174 101 0 2042 1066 92% 357 647 467 571 steps [NE], Main Yarra Trail to [E], Gipps St [W] 5619 Trail [N], Main Yarra Trail 719 731 255 176 6 1887 1693 11% 318 523 538 508 [E], [W] 5620 Union St [E], [SE], 1113 269 153 30 6 1571 618 154% 352 389 406 424 Koonda Lat Bridge [S], Merri Creek Trail [N]

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 10 Capital City Trail Site 5617 Main Yarra Trail [E], Gardiners Crk Bridge [SE], Main Yarra Trail at St. Kevin's boatshed [NW]

1302 users were recorded at this location during the 4 hour survey. This is a decrease of 6% compared to 2019. Bicycles comprised 83.1% and represents 3 the majority of total users. The peak period was 09:00-10:00 with 372 users. Main Yarra Trail The majority of users at site 5617 were travelling to the east. The most active 1 thoroughfare was from Main Yarra Trail at St. Kevin's boatshed [NW] to Main Yarra Main Yarra Trail Trail [E] between 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, with 103 total users counted during this Gardiners Crk Bridge period. 2

Usage Trend Hourly User Volume

Other

1082 bicycles 82 walkers 125 runners 9 dogs 4 others (83.1%) (6.3%) (9.6%) (0.7%) (0.3%)

↖ 421 ↖ 25 ↖ 45 ↖ 1 ↘ 436 ↘ 22 ↘ 45 ↘ 5

→ 388 → 27 → 44 → 3 → 1 ← 394 ← 43 ← 56 ← 3 ← 3

↘ 273 ↘ 30 ↘ 36 ↘ 5 ↘ 3 ↖ 252 ↖ 17 ↖ 24 ↖ 1 ↖ 1

Raw Data Enter 1 Main Yarra Trail [E] 2 Gardiners Crk Bridge [SE] 3 Main Yarra Trail [NW] Exit 2 31312 To t a l Bicycle 99 295 126 126 262 174 1082 Walker 20 23 15 2 12 10 82 Runner 18 38 17 7 27 18 125 Dog 2 110239 Other 3 010004 Total 142 357 160 135 303 205 1302

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 11 Capital City Trail Site 5618 Main Yarra Trail through Gipps St steps [NE], Main Yarra Trail to Yarra Bend Park [E], Gipps St [W]

2042 users were recorded at this location during the 4 hour survey. This is an increase of 92% compared to 2019. Walkers comprised 48.6% and represents 1 the majority of total users. The peak period was 10:00-11:00 with 647 users. The majority of users at site 5618 were travelling to the east. The most active

3 Main Yarra Trail 2 thoroughfare was from Gipps St [W] to Main Yarra Trail to Yarra Bend Park [E] Gipps St Main Yarra Trail between 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, with 156 total users counted during this period.

Usage Trend Hourly User Volume

Other

775 bicycles 992 walkers 174 runners 101 dogs 0 others (38.0%) (48.6%) (8.5%) (4.9%) (0.0%)

↗ 240 ↗ 254 ↗ 52 ↗ 26 ↙ 249 ↙ 303 ↙ 64 ↙ 31

← 236 → 299 ← 311 → 427 ← 41 → 81 ← 46 → 29 → 198 ← 328 → 380 ← 309 → 51 ← 59 → 34 ← 36

Raw Data Enter 1 Main Yarra Trail [NE] 2 Main Yarra Trail [E] 3 Gipps St [W] Exit 2 31312 To t a l Bicycle 159 90 182 146 58 140 775 Walker 180 123 121 188 133 247 992 Runner 43 21 39 20 13 38 174 Dog 12 19 9 27 17 17 101 Other 0 000000 Total 394 253 351 381 221 442 2042

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 12 Capital City Trail Site 5619 Merri Creek Trail [N], Main Yarra Trail [E], Capital City Trail [W]

1887 users were recorded at this location during the 4 hour survey. This is an increase of 11% compared to 2019. Walkers comprised 38.7% and represents 1 the majority of total users. The peak period was 11:00-12:00 with 538 users.

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Merri Creek Trail

Main Yarra Trail

3 Capital City Trail

Usage Trend Hourly User Volume

Other

719 bicycles 731 walkers 255 runners 176 dogs 6 others (38.1%) (38.7%) (13.5%) (9.3%) (0.3%)

↑ 87 ↓ 123 ↑ 85 ↓ 109 ↑ 58 ↓ 55 ↑ 22 ↓ 33 ↓ 2

← 396 → 236 ← 357 → 289 ← 108 → 89 ← 89 → 65 ← 3 → 3 → 292 ← 304 → 298 ← 324 → 121 ← 79 → 65 ← 78 → 1 ← 3

Raw Data Enter 1 Merri Creek Trail [N] 2 Main Yarra Trail [E] 3 Capital City Trail [W] Exit 2 31312 To t a l Bicycle 20 103 11 293 76 216 719 Walker 46 63 30 294 55 243 731 Runner 14 41 12 67 46 75 255 Dog 15 18 7 71 15 50 176 Other 2 003016 Total 97 225 60 728 192 585 1887

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 13 Capital City Trail Site 5620 Union St [E], Merri Creek Trail [SE], Koonda Lat Bridge [S], Merri Creek Trail [N]

1571 users were recorded at this location during the 4 hour survey. This is an

4 increase of 164% compared to 2020. Bicycles comprised 70.8% and represents Merri Creek Trail the majority of total users. The peak period was 12:00-13:00 with 424 users. The majority of users at site 5620 were travelling to the south. The most active thoroughfare was from Merri Creek Trail [SE] to Merri Creek Trail [N] between 12:00

Union St 1 PM - 01:00 PM, with 87 total users counted during this period.

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Usage Trend Hourly User Volume

Other

1113 bicycles 269 walkers 153 runners 30 dogs 6 others (70.8%) (17.1%) (9.7%) (1.9%) (0.4%)

↑ 391 ↓ 330 ↑ 92 ↓ 96 ↑ 60 ↓ 74 ↑ 9 ↓ 14 ↑ 1 ↓ 1

→ 59 → 39 → 9 → 5 → 2 ← 90 ← 29 ← 3 ← 2 ← 2

↓ 363 ↑ 303 ↘ 300 ↓ 86 ↑ 73 ↘ 52 ↓ 48 ↑ 34 ↘ 36 ↓ 11 ↑ 9 ↘ 5 ↓ 2 ↑ 3 ↘ 1 ↖ 390 ↖ 71 ↖ 42 ↖ 5

Raw Data Enter 1 Union St [E] 2 Merri Creek Trail [SE] 3 Koonda Lat Bridge 4 Merri Creek Trail [N] [S] Exit 2 3 4134124123 To t a l Bicycle 10 70 10 2 159 229 51 100 152 6 190 134 1113 Walker 2 21 6 6 23 42 27 2 44 6 48 42 269 Runner 0 3 00636 4 6 24 5 30 39 153 Dog 0 2 0212207158 30 Other 0 2 00002010106 Total 12 98 16 10 189 309 86 108 228 18 274 223 1571

Super Sunday Recreation Count Report 2020 Page 14 Contributions

National contributions The Super Sunday Bike Count is powered by local volunteers, who collect data at council-nominated locations across Australia. In return, volunteers nominate an organisation to receive a donation of $140, or place this contribution toward a Bicycle Network membership.

The 2020 Super Sunday count raised $24,780 in donations nationally, strengthening local communities and building better active transport outcomes. With nearly 50,000 members, Bicycle Network is the largest member-based bike riding organisation in Australia. At Bicycle Network, we campaign for better conditions, infrastructure and policies that make it easier and more accessible for people of all ages and abilities to ride a bike. We work closely with all levels of government to improve conditions for all people who ride. Did you know that at Bicycle network we also do:

RIDE2SCHOOL BIKE PARKING Our Ride2School team work collaboratively Bicycle Network are the bike parking experts – with schools, students and councils to we design, quote, construct and install a wide help young people overcome the barriers range of bike parking and end-of-trip facilities preventing them from riding to school and for Council’s and private developments. getting active. Schools engaged in the year- For more information, long program report an active travel rate of visit bicyclenetwork.com.au/bike-parking-experts 45 per cent, nearly double the national average. or email [email protected] Other Ride2School initiatives include: (1300 727 563) MIND.BODY.PEDAL – a one-day program PARKITEER BIKE CAGES – we manage 24/7 aimed at empowering and inspiring secondary secure bike parking cages at major transport school aged females. It is designed to hubs on behalf of government departments. address the unique barriers holding teenage females back from being physically active. Learn more at parkiteer.com.au or by contacting [email protected]. ACTIVE PATHS – is a collaborative way-finding initiative, designed to make the journey to and from school as clear, fun and easy as possible! RIDES AND EVENTS Find out more by visiting ride2school.com.au or We run some of Australia’s biggest bike contacting [email protected]. rides including The Great Vic Bike Ride (3,000+ riders), Around the Bay (10,000+ ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS riders), the Great Outback Escape (NT), the Newcrest Orange Classic (NSW), and many We work directly with councils to help provide more. We also coordinate regular social expert advice on transport plans, coordinating bike rides to help encourage riding and action between all levels of government, and discuss the concerns of the riding public. targeting riders in specific regions to assist in To organise events and social rides in you LGA, consultation and community engagement efforts. visit bicyclenetwork.com.au/rides-and-events If you want our help on a bike riding issue GET IN TOUCH - If your council would like or active transport plan in your LGA, to explore opportunities to collaborate reach out to our Public Affairs team at with Bicycle Network or our members in [email protected] the future, please get in touch with via [email protected]