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Greater Hobart Commuter Tuesday bike counts 2021 1 Contents Overview of bike counts – 3 March 2020 ...................................................................................................... 3 Hobart Count sites ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Access routes to CBD ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Waterfront .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Sandy Bay corridor ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 South Hobart corridor .............................................................................................................................................. 12 North Hobart corridor ............................................................................................................................................... 14 Intercity Cycleway .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Glenorchy Count sites ................................................................................................................................ 20 Intercity Cycleway .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Brooker Hwy Corridor .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Glenorchy CBD access ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Clarence Count sites .................................................................................................................................. 25 Clarence Foreshore Trail ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Tasman Bridge ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Clarence St ................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Bellerive Village ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 Rosny Park CBD ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Cambridge Road corridor ........................................................................................................................................ 29 East Derwent Hwy corridor ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Kingborough count sites ............................................................................................................................. 31 Gender breakdown ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Covid .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 2 Overview of bike counts – 3 March 2020 Counts are carried out on the first Tuesday in March each year recording cyclists travelling through a number of selected intersections during the morning peak between 7am and 9am. The direction of travel into and exiting the intersection is recorded. This report is a summary of the data collected on 3 March 2020. The counts occurred before the Covid-19 interventions were adopted so data was collected under similar conditions to previous years. Weather: A fine morning with some cloud and low winds. 12 degrees from 7-8am then gradually warmed to 15 degrees by 9am. The forecast was 0% chance of rain. Counts were carried out at 55 intersections across Greater Hobart: Glenorchy – 8 sites Clarence – 13 sites Hobart – 32 sites Kingborough – 2 sites A Kml file containing the data for each count site, for viewing on Google Earth, is available at www.cyclingsouth.org Overall comments Counters have started noticing an increase in the number of e-bikes and e-scooters. Generally most sites recorded a slight increase over the 2019 counts. 3 Hobart Count sites 33 sites are counted in Hobart Access routes to CBD The map (below) shows the volume of riders entering the central Hobart area between 7am and 9am from the count sites. Macquarie St is the only inbound one-way road that is not counted on the city perimeter so it’s unknown how far down Macquarie St riders travel before turning off to enter the city (Harrington, Elizabeth or Argyle St). 41 44 50 53 151 9 7 83 35 102 90 4 From West Hobart and North Hobart to city 53 50 46 54 Four intersections are counted across the north-west side of the city on all the streets that have a lane heading towards the city. Argyle St is not counted as it is one-way and heads away from the city. Overall there was a slight increase in riders entering the city on all the routes across the north-west of the city, with the exception of Bathurst St which has been slowly declining over the past 5 years. Riders entering city from West and North Hobart 7am to 9am 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 54 49 50 45 43 44 41 38 40 40 37 32 29 26 26 12 11 10 9 7 Bathurst St (at Murray St (at Melville) Elizabeth St (at Campbell St (at Harrington) Bathurst) Liverpool) The table (above) shows that the majority of riders enter via Murray St as it is the most direct route from West Hobart and even though it has no infrastructure, it is downhill which makes it easier for confident 5 riders to move with the traffic. Elizabeth St has a similar volume of riders who potentially come from Mt Stuart, New Town and Lenah Valley rather than West Hobart. The total volume of riders passing through the intersections in all directions at these North and West sites have generally increased overall. Campbell St at Liverpool St is showing an increase in ridership over the past 4 years, after a drop during the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment between 2016 and 2019. The UTAS Medical Science precinct opened in 2013, which may reflect the higher numbers counted at the intersection in 2014. Elizabeth St at Bathurst St intersection shows the most consistent and significant growth in numbers. Total volume of riders at intersections North & West of city centre 7am to 9am 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 93 89 86 85 79 75 72 70 68 68 69 66 64 67 60 62 61 54 57 57 52 50 53 46 49 48 47 46 42 43 43 45 45 44 41 38 40 40 33 30 Bathurst St @Harrington St Melville St @ Murray St Bathurst St @ Elizabeth St Campbell St @ Liverpool St From South East to City and UTAS Medical Precinct Brooker Hwy crossings Rose Garden bridge Bathurst at signals Railway Roundabout 46 18 0 2020 As the Rose Garden Bridge was not opened, it will be interesting to compare this baseline data with next year’s count. 6 Liverpool St at Menzies 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 45 36 35 34 33 33 34 33 34 26 24 21 22 19 18 17 17 14 10 12 11 8 6 5 3 4 4 0 To Menzies carpark Mistral Place Liverpool St towards city Liverpool St contra flow centre The counts show that footpaths are being used to travel contra-flow along the one-way city streets. Campbell St at Bathurst riders 7am to 9am 2020 43 8 9 7 Campbell St towards Campbell St contra Bathurst St contra Bathurst St to waterfront flow towards North flow to city Brooker Hobart Waterfront The number of riders at Mawson Place has declined slightly, while the number of riders counted at PW1 has increased. IMAS was open for the 2014 counts and bike lanes were marked on Sandy Bay Road and a shared path connected to Marieville Esplanade in 2014, which may indicate why numbers have gone up at PW1 side of the waterfront. Waterfront 300 250 200 150 100 50 Cyclists Cyclists 7am 9am to 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Waterfront - Mawson Place 222 218 244 250 223 224 215 227 214 (Davey/Argyle) Waterfront - PW1 149 151 174 158 174 175 204 215 214 (Morrison/Murray/Castray) 7 • PW1 Morrison/Castray/Murray - This is a major route on the bike network with 80 riders heading north and 106 heading south. A total of 28 used Murray St. Over time the number of people passing through the Mawson Place intersection has declined while the number 80 passing PW1 has increased. 106 25 Counter notes – On the Morrison St shared pathway were 81 male riders and 32 female riders. 11 riders crossed 15 Morrison along Brooke St. 9 Riders were counted passing me on Morrison St (1) after turning into Murray (3) but immediately entering Parliament Gardens to head to Salamanca Place. Not counted were 3 E scooters, 1 E skateboard and one person on Rollerblades. 106 83 32 38 30 • Mawson Place Argyle/Davey 114 This is a major intersection on the bike network with the bulk of riders coming from the Intercity Cycleway direction and continuing