HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-05-16; Parks & Recreation Commission; ; Draft Active Transportation Monitoring Program ReportMeeting Date: May 16, 2022
To: Parks & Recreation Commission
From: Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager
Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager
nathan.schmidt@carlsbadca.gov or 442-339-2734
Subject: Citywide Active Transportation Monitoring Report
Recommended Action
Receive a presentation and provide input to city staff on the Draft Active Transportation
Monitoring Report.
Background
On Jan. 21, 2021, Carlsbad City Council adopted a resolution adopting the Carlsbad Sustainable
Mobility Plan, or SMP. The SMP presents a comprehensive look at current active travel and
access to transit conditions, as well as previous planning efforts to consolidate findings and
recommendations into a single master plan document. The SMP was created to help improve
transportation-related safety, reduce greenhouse emissions, increase travel choices and
implement the goals and policies of the Mobility Element of the city’s General Plan.
One of the programmatic recommendations of the SMP was to develop an Active
Transportation Monitoring Program that would allow city staff, elected officials, and
community members to track changes in travel behavior over time and especially in relation to
the implementation of active travel and transit infrastructure projects. The active travel
monitoring framework is intended to establish a data collection and analysis program that will
enable tracking progress toward key goals related to Vehicle Miles Traveled, or VMT, reduction,
active travel and transit ridership encouragement, and by extension, Greenhouse Gas, or GHG,
generated through automobile travel. The data collected as part of the active transportation
monitoring program will also enhance the success of grant applications by giving city staff the
necessary information to estimate potential active travel and VMT reduction related to the
implementation of future active transportation projects.
Discussion
The purpose of this item is to provide an opportunity for the Parks & Recreation Commission to
review and provide feedback on the draft Active Transportation Monitoring Report. The Active
Transportation Monitoring Report is intended to be an annual monitoring report that will allow
city staff, elected officials, and community members to track changes in travel behavior over
time and especially in relation to the implementation of active travel and transit infrastructure
projects. The annual updates will allow the city to review how the buildout of the city’s active
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CR Associates
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CARLSBAD ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION
MONITORING
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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Table of Contents
1.0 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 4
2.0 Data Collection Site Selection ....................................................................................................... 5
3.0 Travel Demand ........................................................................................................................... 10
Pedestrian Counts ................................................................................................................................... 10
Bicycle Counts .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Transit Ridership ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Vehicle Person Trips ................................................................................................................................ 24
4.0 Mode Share ................................................................................................................................ 29
5.0 Safety ............................................................................................................................................ 36
5.1 Citywide Collisions ....................................................................................................................................... 36
5.2 Citywide Collisions by Time of the Day ........................................................................................................ 41
5.3 Collisions Near Data Collection Locations .................................................................................................. 43
6.0 Bicycle-Friendly Communities Assessment ................................................................................... 48
7.0 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 50
7.1 Travel Demand ............................................................................................................................................. 50
7.2 Mode Share .................................................................................................................................................. 51
7.3 Safety ............................................................................................................................................................ 52
7.4 Recommendations and Next Steps ............................................................................................................ 52
Appendix A - Frequency Distribution of Siting Criteria by Data Collection Locations .......................... 54
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List of Figures
Figure 2.1 - Data Collection Locations ........................................................................................................ 7
Figure 3.1 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Pedestrian Counts ......................................................... 12
Figure 3.2 - 13-Hour Pedestrian Counts – Weekday .............................................................................. 13
Figure 3.3 - 13-Hour Pedestrian Counts – Weekend .............................................................................. 14
Figure 3.4 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Bicycle Counts ................................................................ 17
Figure 3.5 - 13-Hour Bicycle Counts– Weekday ..................................................................................... 18
Figure 3.6 - 13-Hour Bicycle Counts – Weekend .................................................................................... 19
Figure 3.7 - Daily Weekday and Weekend Transit Ridership ................................................................. 21
Figure 3.8 - Daily Transit Ridership - Weekday ....................................................................................... 22
Figure 3.9 - Daily Transit Ridership - Weekend ....................................................................................... 23
Figure 3.10 - 24-Hour Weekday and Weekend Vehicle Person Trips .................................................... 26
Figure 3.11 - 24-Hour Vehicle Person Trips - Weekday .......................................................................... 27
Figure 3.12 - 24-Hour Vehicle Person Trips - Weekend.......................................................................... 28
Figure 4.1 - Mode Share – Weekday ....................................................................................................... 31
Figure 4.2 - Mapped Mode Share – Weekday ........................................................................................ 32
Figure 4.3 - Mode Share – Weekend ....................................................................................................... 34
Figure 4.4 - Mapped Mode Share – Weekend ........................................................................................ 35
Figure 5.1 - Pedestrian-Involved Collisions ............................................................................................. 37
Figure 5.2 - Bicycle-Involved Collisions .................................................................................................... 38
Figure 5.3 - Vehicle-Only Collisions .......................................................................................................... 40
Figure 5.4 - Pedestrian Collisions by Time of Day ................................................................................... 41
Figure 5.5 - Bicycle Collisions by Time of Day ......................................................................................... 42
Figure 5.6 - Vehicle Collisions by Time of Day ......................................................................................... 42
Figure 5.7 - Total Collisions Near Count Locations ................................................................................. 44
Figure 5.8 - Mapped Pedestrian-Involved Collisions Near Count Locations ......................................... 45
Figure 5.9 - Mapped Bicycle-Involved Collisions Near Count Locations ................................................ 46
Figure 5.10 - Mapped Vehicle-Only Collisions Near Count Locations .................................................... 47
Figure A.1 - Count Locations by Presence of Transit .............................................................................. 55
Figure A.2 - Count Locations by Presence of Historic Count .................................................................. 55
Figure A.3 - Count Locations by LTS ........................................................................................................ 56
Figure A.4 - Count Locations by Existing Bike Facility Type .................................................................... 56
Figure A.5 - Count Locations by Planned Bike Facility Type ................................................................... 57
Figure A.6 - Count Locations by Existing Trail/Pedestrian Facility Type ................................................ 57
Figure A.7 - County Locations by Proposed Trail/Pedestrian Facility Type ............................................ 58
Figure A.8 - Count Locations by Mobility Element Classifications ......................................................... 58
Figure A.9 - Existing Trail and Pedestrian Facilities ................................................................................ 59
Figure A.10 - Proposed Trail and Pedestrian Facilities ........................................................................... 60
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Figure A.11 - Existing Bicycle Facilities .................................................................................................... 61
Figure A.12 - Proposed Bicycle Facilities ................................................................................................. 62
Figure A.13 - Distribution of Strata for All Streets ................................................................................... 64
Figure A.14 - Distribution of Strata for Count Sites ................................................................................ 64
Figure A.15 - Sampling Strata .................................................................................................................. 65
List of Tables
Table 2.1 - Data Collection Location Siting Criteria ................................................................................... 5
Table 2.2 - Final Data Collection Locations ................................................................................................ 6
Table 2.3 - Final Data Collection Locations by Siting Criteria ................................................................... 8
Table 3.1 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Pedestrian Counts .......................................................... 11
Table 3.2 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Bicycle Counts ................................................................. 16
Table 3.3 - Daily Weekday and Weekend Transit Ridership................................................................... 20
Table 3.4 - 24-Hour Weekday and Weekend Estimated Vehicle Person Trips ..................................... 25
Table 4.1 - Mode Share - Weekday .......................................................................................................... 30
Table 4.2 - Mode Share – Weekend ........................................................................................................ 33
Table 4.3 - Total Collisions Near Count Locations .................................................................................. 43
Table 6.1 - Getting to Platinum ................................................................................................................ 49
Table A.1 - Defining Nine Sampling Strata .............................................................................................. 63
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1.0 Overview
This report summarizes the development and implementation of the inaugural Active Transportation
Monitoring Program for the City of Carlsbad in fulfillment of the 2019 Sustainable Mobility Plan’s
recommendation to launch such a program.
This work supports monitoring efforts outlined in Chapter 5 of
the City’s Climate Action Plan, as well as helps community
members understand the degree of success in achieving the
City’s General Plan Mobility Element goals and policies related
to livable streets, specifically Core Value 5.
The Active Transportation Monitoring Program is organized
around three dimensions of mobility - travel demand, mode
share, and safety. The assessments in this report focus on
these dimensions of mobility for walking, cycling, driving, and
riding transit.
After this introductory chapter, this report presents the following chapters:
• Chapter 2.0 Data Collection Site Selection presents the approach used to identify data
collection sites across the City, including comparing various roadway environment
characteristics for each site. A final set of 26 data collection sites is presented.
• Chapter 3.0 Demand presents count data collected for all four modes during the September
and October 2021 period.
• Chapter 4.0 Mode Share summarizes mode share at the 26 data collection sites.
• Chapter 5.0 Safety reviews collision data for citywide pedestrian–vehicle, bicycle-vehicle, and
vehicle-vehicle incidents by frequency and time of data. Summaries of collisions near the
Active Transportation Monitoring data collection sites are also presented.
• Chapter 6.0 Bicycle Friendly Communities Assessment presents a status report on where the
City stands in relation to the aspirational status of Silver or Platinum-ranked Bicycle Friendly
Communities.
• Chapter 7.0 Conclusions offers a synthesis of findings along with a visual presentation of
some key takeaways.
Carlsbad General Plan Core Value 5:
Walking, Biking, Public Transportation
and Connectivity.
Increase travel options through
enhanced walking, bicycling and
public transportation systems.
Enhance mobility through increased
connectivity and intelligent
transportation management.
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2.0 Data Collection Site Selection
This section describes the selection process for identifying locations across the City of Carlsbad
where pedestrian, bicycle, transit and vehicle data would be collected as part of the newly adopted
Carlsbad Active Transportation Monitoring Program. This chapter summarizes site selection criteria
considered along with the final set of data collection locations.
Criteria for Siting Data Collection Locations
A preliminary step in the data collection effort was identifying a set of locations that would be
representative of the City of Carlsbad’s broader mobility network and reflective of facility
characteristics that may influence cycling, walking, transit, and vehicle usage.
Table 2.1 shows preliminary siting criteria used to propose and evaluate a preliminary set of data
collection locations.
Table 2.1 - Data Collection Location Siting Criteria
Siting Criteria Goal Categories
Presence of Transit Allows for collection of multimodal
counts Yes/No
Presence of Historic
Vehicle Counts
Allows for collection of multimodal
counts and trend analysis Yes/No
Level of Traffic Stress Variety of cycling environments and
roadway characteristics
LTS 1 or 2
LTS 3 or 4
Existing Bike Facility Variety of facility types Class I, II, III, IV
Proposed Bike Facility Examine effect of facility change over
time Class I, II, IIA, III, IIIA, IV
Existing Trails/
Pedestrian Facility Variety of facility types Types 1 – 6
Proposed Trail/
Pedestrian Facility
Examine effect of facility change over
time Types 1 – 6
Socio-economic Strata Representative of Carlsbad residents’
socioeconomic characteristics
Population + Employment Density
and Median HH Income
Mobility Element
Classification
Variety of existing and planned
roadways
School Street, Avenue, Business,
Industrial, Coastal, Secondary
Arterial, Arterial Connector, Major
Arterial, Prime Arterial, Freeway
Source: CR Associates (2021)
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Data Collection Locations
The 2019 Carlsbad Sustainable Mobility Plan (SMP) presented a preliminary set of active
transportation data collection locations for ongoing monitoring and evaluation. These preliminary
count locations were used as a starting point for this current effort.
There were a total of twenty-eight data collection sites originally proposed in the SMP, with all sites
located along roadway or multi-use path segments, except 3 sites which were located at
intersections.
The preliminary data collection locations were reviewed by city staff and members of the Traffic and
Mobility Commission (TMC). This resulted in some modifications which are presented in Table 2.2
and Figure 2.1. As shown, there are a total of twenty-six final data collection sites, with all sites
located along roadway or multi-use path segments.
Table 2.2 - Final Data Collection Locations
ID Segment From To
1 Jefferson St I-5 Marron Rd
2 Carlsbad Blvd @State Street Roundabout
3 Carlsbad Village Dr Carlsbad Blvd Harding St
4 Carlsbad Blvd Carlsbad Village Dr Tamarack Ave
5 Coastal Rail Trail Oak Ave Tamarack Ave
6 Tamarack Ave Pio Pico Dr Valley St
7 El Camino Real Chestnut Ave Tamarack Ave
8 Kelly Dr El Camino Real Hillside Dr
9 Cannon Rd El Camino Real College Blvd
10 Cannon Rd Carlsbad Blvd El Arbol Dr
11 Carlsbad Blvd Cannon Rd Palomar Airport Rd
12 Avenida Encinas Cannon Rd Palomar Airport Rd
13 Palomar Airport Rd Carlsbad Blvd Avenida Encinas
14 College Blvd Faraday Ave Palomar Airport Rd
15 El Camino Real Faraday Ave Palomar Airport Rd
16 Poinsettia Ln Cassia Rd El Camino Real
17 Poinsettia Ln Carlsbad Blvd Avenida Encinas
18 Carlsbad Blvd Ponto Dr Avenida Encinas
19 Avenida Encinas Carlsbad Blvd Ponto Dr
20 Alga Rd El Camino Real El Fuerte St
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd San Elijo Rd Camino Junipero
22 La Costa Ave I-5 El Camino Real
23 El Camino Real La Costa Ave Calle Barcelona
24 Calle Barcelona El Camino Real Rancho Santa Fe Rd
25 La Costa Ave El Camino Real Rancho Santa Fe Rd
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd La Costa Ave Camino de los Coches
Source: CR Associates (2021)
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Table 2.3 displays the final data collection locations along with a summary of their siting criteria
characteristics (see Table 2.1).
Table 2.3 - Final Data Collection Locations by Siting Criteria
ID Presence of Transit
Historic Vehicle Count LTS Existing Bike Facility
Planned Bike Facility
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1 No No 3 II -- -- 1-5 L-L Neighborhood Connector
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9 No Yes 4 II IIA 4-5 -- L-L Arterial
10 No Yes 3 II IIA 5 6 L-M Arterial
11 Yes No 3 II IIA -- 5-6 L-M Coastal
12 No No 4 II IIA 5 -- L-M Neighborhood Connector
13 Yes No 4 III IIA 5 -- L-M Arterial
14 Yes Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- M-M Arterial
15 Yes Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- M-M Arterial
16 No Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- H-H Arterial Connector
17 Yes No 3 III IIA 5 -- L-M Employment/
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18 Yes No 4 II IV -- 5-6 L-M Coastal
19 No No 3 II -- 5 1 M-M Neighborhood Connector
20 No Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- M-M Arterial Connector
21 Yes Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- L-H Arterial
22 No Yes 4 II I/IIA 5 -- L-M Arterial
23 Yes Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- M-H Arterial
24 No No 2 I/II -- 5-6 -- M-H Local/Neighborhood
25 No No 4 II IIA 5 -- M-M Neighborhood Connector
26 Yes Yes 4 II IIA 5 -- M-H Neighborhood Connector
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Appendix A contains figures showing frequency distributions for each siting criteria across the
proposed data collection locations. The frequency distributions allow for an easier interpretation of
the siting criteria across the final set of 26 data collection locations.
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3.0 Travel Demand
This chapter presents travel demand or activity levels by mode for walking, cycling, riding transit, and
driving. Tracking travel demand by mode allows for an understanding of key behavioral shifts
resulting from infrastructure investments. These data were also used to calculate mode share at
each data collection location across the City.
Vehicle counts were collected using pneumatic tubes over a 24-hour period on a weekday (Tuesday,
Wednesday, or Thursday) and a weekend day (Saturday). Bicycle and pedestrian counts were
collected using video recording over a 13-hour period on a weekday (Thursday) and again on a
weekend day (Saturday). The 13-hour bicycle and pedestrian counts were collected from 6AM to
7PM. Transit ridership was obtained from NCTD for an average day in September and October 2021
for both weekdays and weekends (Saturday). Bus loadings on all bus routes were summed for the
roadway segment associated with each data collection location.
Pedestrian Counts
Table 3.1 shows pedestrian counts for the 26 data collection sites on a weekday and a weekend. As
shown, the following sites have the highest 13-hour pedestrian counts on both weekdays and
weekends:
• Carlsbad Boulevard between Carlsbad Village Drive & Tamarack Avenue,
• Carlsbad Boulevard between Cannon Road and Cerezo Drive, and
• Poinsettia Lane between Carlsbad Boulevard and Avenida Encinas
Each of these high pedestrian count locations is along the coast and has sidewalks in both
directions.
The lowest weekday and weekend pedestrian count locations include the following:
• El Camino Real, between Chestnut Avenue and Tamarack Avenue,
• College Boulevard, between Faraday Avenue and Palomar Airport Road, and
• Jefferson Street, between I-5 and Marron Road.
Each of these data collection sites is located east of Interstate 5. Two of the data collection sites are
along high-speed arterials.
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Table 3.1 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Pedestrian Counts
ID Location
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Weekday
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Weekend
Pedestrian
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4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 1,945 4,020
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 494 806
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 419 750
3 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St 321 680
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 325 355
19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 223 391
2 Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout 200 373
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 147 408
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 257 214
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr 142 315
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real 190 184
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 77 141
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd 99 88
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 98 82
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr 94 63
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd 76 26
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa
Ave 43 58
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 48 51
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero 39 44
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St 28 33
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real 18 37
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 22 14
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 17 18
1 Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd 17 7
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 12 8
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 13 6
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
Figure 3.1 displays the pedestrian count data in a chart format, while Figures 3.2 and Figure 3.3
present weekday and weekend counts, respectively.
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Figure 3.1 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Pedestrian Counts
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
- 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500
Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave
Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr
Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas
Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St
Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal RailTrail)
Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr
Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout
Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd
Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd
Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr
Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real
La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd
Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd
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Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd
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El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd
Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd
College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd
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Bicycle Counts
Bicycle counts were collected at the same time as the pedestrian counts over a single weekday
(Thursday) and a single weekend day (Saturday) for 13 hours from 6AM to 7PM.
Table 3.2 shows 13-hour bicycle counts on Thursday and Saturday.
As shown, the following three data collection sites have the highest weekend and weekday cycling
activity:
• Carlsbad Boulevard, Avenida Encinas to Pronto Road
• Carlsbad Boulevard, Cannon Road to Cerezo Drive, and
• Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad Village Drive to Tamarack Avenue
Weekend cycling levels along the coast are more than double weekday cycling levels. This
magnitude of weekend/weekday difference is not as strong at more inland data collection sites.
Interestingly, the weekend coastal cycling demand is higher in the southern portions of the Carlsbad
and declines at each data collection station to the north.
The three lowest weekday bicycle counts were found at:
• Alga Road, El Camino Real to El Fuerte Street
• Avenida Encinas, Cannon Road to Palomar Airport Road, and
• Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad Boulevard to Avenida Encinas
While the three lowest weekend counts were found at:
• Alga Road, El Camino Real to El Fuerte Street
• Tamarack Avenue, Pio Pico Drive to Valley Street, and
• College Boulevard, Faraday Avenue to Palomar Airport Road
Figure 3.4 shows a chart of 13-hour bicycle counts by site, while Figures 3.5 and 3.6 show the data
in mapped formats.
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Table 3.2 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Bicycle Counts
ID Location
13-Hour
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Counts
13-Hour
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Bicycle
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18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 797 2,509
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 901 2,089
4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 730 1,925
2 Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout 665 1,835
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 355 765
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real 189 703
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 134 545
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 195 291
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero 93 359
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr 177 275
19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 164 284
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real 119 171
3 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St 104 166
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd 139 131
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr 108 150
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 50 204
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 84 155
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa
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1 Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd 74 96
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd 50 90
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 51 79
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 58 70
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 71 45
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 65 46
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 58 48
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St 25 31
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Figure 3.4 - 13-Hour Weekday and Weekend Bicycle Counts
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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Transit Ridership
Table 3.3 displays transit ridership at the 13 of 26 data collection sites served by transit in the City
of Carlsbad. The daily ridership values reflect the summation of all riders traveling along a particular
corridor where these count sites were located, including multiple routes that may serve the corridor.
The BREEZE Routes 323, 444, and 445 only run Monday to Friday, so there is no weekend data for
sites served by these routes.
The Route 101 consistently shows the highest ridership of any count site on weekdays and
weekends.
Table 3.3 - Daily Weekday and Weekend Transit Ridership
ID Location
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2 Carlsbad Blvd, north of State St Roundabout 478 375 101
4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 457 357 101
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 449 346 101
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 448 345 101
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 423 321 101
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 436 262 309, 323
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 364 226 309
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 292 224 309
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 388 107 444, 445,
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26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La
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6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 64 15 325
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 15 NA 444
Source: NCTD (September and October 2021)
Figure 3.7 shows weekday and weekend transit ridership in a chart format, while Figures 3.8 and 3.9
display this data in a mapped format for weekday and weekend, respectively.
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Figure 3.7 - Daily Weekday and Weekend Transit Ridership
Source: NCTD (September and October 2021)
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Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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Vehicle Person Trips
Vehicle counts were collected on a single weekday (Thursday) and a single weekend day (Saturday)
over 24 hours.
Table 3.4 shows 24-hour vehicle counts adjusted using a regional vehicle occupancy rate, which was
provided by SANDAG’s most recent model run for the 2021 Regional Plan. The regional vehicle
occupancy rate is estimated at 1.38 persons per vehicle. Applying the vehicle occupancy rate to
vehicle counts results in “vehicle person trips” or the estimated number of people traveling by car.
The three count sites with the highest weekday vehicle person trips are as follows:
• Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Elijo Road to Camino Junipero
• La Costa Avenue, I-5 to El Camino Real, and
• El Camino Real, La Costa Avenue to Calle Barcelona
The three count sites with the highest weekend vehicle person trip include:
• Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Elijo Road to Camino Junipero
• El Camino Real, La Costa Avenue to Calle Barcelona, and
• Rancho Santa Fe Road, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Avenue
The three count sites with the lowest weekday and weekend vehicle person trips are as follows:
• Kelly Drive, El Camino Real to Hillside Drive
• Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Boulevard to Ponto Road, and
• Garfield Street, Walnut Avenue to Sycamore Avenue
A graphical comparison of these numbers can be seen in Figures 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12.
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Table 3.4 - 24-Hour Weekday and Weekend Estimated Vehicle Person Trips
ID Location Weekday Vehicle
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21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero 53,986 49,893
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Ave 46,115 43,311
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 46,265 39,572
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real 50,105 30,980
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 40,459 28,170
3 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St 24,092 29,001
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 26,482 23,479
4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 22,330 26,277
2 Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout 19,437 26,441
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 20,675 23,697
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd 25,449 17,845
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 13,570 19,415
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 17,446 15,161
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St 14,574 16,450
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 13,966 13,409
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 13,571 10,712
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real 16,423 7,304
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 16,412 7,251
1 Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd 12,388 10,821
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 11,501 10,692
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 10,035 10,705
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr 8,201 9,677
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd 6,872 5,164
19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 4,332 4,968
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr 5,370 3,787
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 1,550 2,214
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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Figure 3.10 - 24-Hour Weekday and Weekend Vehicle Person Trips
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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4.0 Mode Share
This chapter presents a novel approach to mode share tracking focused on a corridor screenline at
the data collection locations.
For each data collection location, the total person trips was calculated by summing pedestrian,
cyclists, vehicle person trips and transit riders during a weekday. Then a mode share was calculated
based on each mode’s share of total person trips along the segment. Over time, this measure will
allow for tracking how usage is changing as a result of various policies and infrastructure
implementation in the City.
As shown in Table 4.1, the current weekday vehicle mode share at the data collection sites ranges
from a high of 99.6% at two sites, along La Costa Avenue and along Alga Road, to a low of about
75% along Garfield Street/Coastal Rail Trail (Site #5).
Weekday transit mode share ranges from a high of 3.7% along Palomar Airport Road, to a low of
0.1% along College Boulevard served by Route 444.
Weekday bicycle mode share ranges from a high of 9.6% cycling share along the Coastal Rail Trail (or
Garfield Avenue for vehicle person trips) and a low of 0.1% along Rancho Santa Fe Road.
Figures 4.1 and 4.2 shows this data in chart and mapped formats.
Table 4.2 shows similar mode share data for weekends. The current weekend vehicle mode share at
the data collection sites ranges from a high of 99.6% at Alga Road, to a low of about 77% along
Garfield Street/Coastal Rail Trail (Site #5). Weekday pedestrian mode share ranges from a high of
15.7% along the Garfield Street/Coastal Rail Trail to no pedestrians at three sites, including both
sites along El Camino Real and along La Costa Avenue.
Weekend transit mode share ranges from a high of 3.1% along Palomar Airport Road, to a low of
0.1% along Tamarack Avenue served by Route 325.
Weekend bicycle mode share ranges from a high of 10.6% of person trips along the Coastal Rail Trail
(or Garfield Avenue for vehicle person trips) and a low of 0.2% at two sites along Alga Road and El
along Camino Real. Weekend pedestrian mode share ranges from a high of 12.4% along the Garfield
Street/Coastal Rail Trail to a low of no pedestrians at along El Camino Real.
Figures 4.3 and 4.4 shows this data in chart and mapped formats.
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Table 4.1 - Mode Share - Weekday
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1 Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd 0.1% 0.6% - 99.3%
2 Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout 1.0% 3.2% 2.3% 93.5%
3 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St 1.3% 0.4% - 98.3%
4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 7.6% 2.9% 1.8% 87.7%
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 15.7% 9.4% - 74.9%
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 98.4%
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 0.0% 0.2% 1.6% 98.1%
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr 1.7% 1.9% - 96.4%
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd 0.4% 0.5% - 99.1%
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr 1.7% 2.1% - 96.3%
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 2.2% 4.0% 2.0% 91.8%
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd 1.1% 0.7% - 98.2%
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 0.2% 0.4% 3.7% 95.7%
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 99.4%
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 0.0% 0.2% 0.9% 98.9%
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real 1.1% 0.7% - 98.2%
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 3.7% 3.2% 3.5% 89.6%
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 1.0% 5.3% 2.8% 90.8%
19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 4.7% 3.5% - 91.8%
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St 0.2% 0.2% - 99.6%
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero 0.1% 0.2% 0.5% 99.3%
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real 0.0% 0.4% - 99.6%
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 99.0%
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 1.9% 0.4% - 97.7%
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 0.4% 0.3% - 99.3%
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Ave 0.1% 0.1% 0.5% 99.2%
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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Figure 4.1 - Mode Share – Weekday
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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Table 4.2 - Mode Share – Weekend
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2 Carlsbad Blvd N/O State St Roundabout 1.3% 6.3% 1.3% 91.1%
3 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad Blvd to Harding St 2.3% 0.6% - 97.2%
4 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad Village Dr to Tamarack Ave 12.3% 5.9% 1.1% 80.7%
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 12.4% 10.2% - 77.4%
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 99.0%
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave 0.0% 0.2% 1.1% 98.7%
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr 1.6% 3.8% - 94.7%
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd 0.5% 0.7% - 98.8%
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr 3.1% 2.7% - 94.3%
11 Carlsbad Blvd, Cannon Rd to Cerezo Dr 3.0% 7.8% 1.3% 88.0%
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd 0.5% 1.7% - 97.8%
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 0.1% 0.7% 3.1% 96.1%
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 0.1% 0.6% - 99.3%
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd 0.1% 0.5% 0.8% 98.6%
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real 2.4% 2.2% - 95.4%
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas 6.1% 6.2% 0.9% 86.8%
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd 1.8% 11.1% 1.4% 85.7%
19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 6.9% 5.0% - 88.0%
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St 0.2% 0.2% - 99.6%
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero 0.1% 0.7% 0.2% 99.0%
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real 0.1% 2.2% - 97.7%
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona 0.1% 1.3% 0.6% 98.0%
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 1.9% 0.6% - 97.4%
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd 0.9% 1.3% - 97.8%
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Ave 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 99.2%
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5.0 Safety
This chapter present total citywide collisions for pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle, as well as citywide
collisions by time of day for the same modes, collision summaries near the Active Transportation
Monitoring data collection sites, and finally, high segment and high intersection collision locations.
The citywide presentation of collisions does not discuss relationships to the Active Transportation
Monitoring data collection locations which is reserved for Section 6.3.
5.1 Citywide Collisions
A citywide collision dataset was obtained from the City of Carlsbad’s Crossroads database for the
most recent complete five-year period, January 2015 – December 2019. A total of 1,683 injury
collision records were obtained for the five-year study period, including 108 severe or fatal injury
collisions.
Pedestrian Collisions
Figure 5.1 shows total citywide pedestrian-vehicle collisions during the five-year study period. There
were 129 pedestrian collisions, occurring most frequently at intersection locations (62% at
intersections or 80 of 129). Intersection collisions were most reported at signalized locations (43
collisions), followed by side-street stop-controlled intersections (28 collisions), with the remaining
nine collisions reported at uncontrolled intersections, all-way stop controlled intersections, and
roundabout locations. Severe injury and fatal collisions accounted for 19% of pedestrian-involved
collisions, the highest rate of all three travel modes (pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle).
Drivers were more commonly found to be at-fault for pedestrian collisions at intersections, largely
while making left-turns. The locations listed below experienced multiple driver-at-fault pedestrian
collisions. These locations are all within the Carlsbad Village area.
Carlsbad Village Drive & Roosevelt Street (signalized) (4 pedestrian collisions)
Carlsbad Boulevard & Hemlock Avenue (side-street stop-controlled) (4 pedestrian collisions)
Carlsbad Village Drive & Harding Street (signalized) (3 pedestrian collisions)
Grand Avenue & Roosevelt Street (signalized) (3 pedestrian collisions)
Carlsbad Boulevard & Oak Avenue (side-street stop-controlled) (2 pedestrian collisions)
Bicycle Collisions
Figure 5.2 displays bicycle-involved collisions during the same study period. They were most
frequently reported at mid-block locations (59% or 106 of the 180 records), including the only two
fatalities and 12 of the 16 severe injury collisions. Similar to pedestrian collisions, drivers were more
commonly at-fault when bicycle collisions occurred at signalized intersections (61% or 20 of the 33
signalized intersection collisions where fault was assigned), while bicyclists were more commonly at-
fault with mid-block collisions (72% or 59 of the 82 mid-block collisions where fault was assigned).
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The intersection of Carlsbad Boulevard & Poinsettia Lane was the only signalized intersection where
multiple bicyclist at-fault collisions (2) were reported. Two signalized intersections experienced
multiple collisions where the driver was at-fault and are listed below.
Carlsbad Boulevard & Cerezo Drive (3 collisions)
La Costa Avenue & Piraeus Street (2 collisions)
Vehicular Collisions
The 1,374 vehicular collisions were evenly split between intersections (53%) and mid-block (47%)
locations. Approximately 60% of the severe injury/fatal collisions were reported at mid-block
locations, and largely concentrated along Carlsbad Boulevard (14 collisions), followed by Palomar
Airport Road (4 collisions) and Rancho Santa Fe Road (4 collisions).
Among the 724 intersection collisions, signalized locations accounted for 78% of all injury collisions
and 59% of severe injury/fatal collisions at intersections. Figure 5.3 displays vehicle-vehicle
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5.2 Citywide Collisions by Time of the Day
Pedestrian collisions by time of day are shown in Figure 5.4.
Traditional peak commute hours are noticeable when looking at the hourly distribution of pedestrian-
involved collisions occurring in the morning (7:00AM – 9:00AM). Peaks in the afternoon and
nighttime are shown during the 2:00PM hour, 4:00PM hour and 9:00PM hour. Seventy-two percent
of the pedestrian-involved collisions were reported on weekdays. Peaks on weekends are shown
during the 6:00PM hour and 9:00PM to 11:00PM hours.
Figure 5.4 - Pedestrian Collisions by Time of Day
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
Figure 5.5 presents bicycle collisions by time of day. Approximately 70% of the collisions were
reported on weekdays. Weekday collisions peak during the 12:00PM to 1:00PM hour. Additional
weekday collision spikes are noticeable during hours that may coincide with work and/or school
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Figure 5.5 - Bicycle Collisions by Time of Day
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
Figure 5.6 presents vehicle collisions by time of day. On weekdays, collision peaks are noticeable
during traditional work and school commute hours. Weekend collisions are more concentrated within
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5.3 Collisions Near Data Collection Locations
Table 5.1 shows the number of collisions by each mode – pedestrian-vehicle, bicycle-vehicle, and
vehicle-vehicle – near the twenty-six data collection locations.
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19 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Blvd to Ponto Dr 1 1 6 8
21 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, San Elijo Rd to Camino Junipero - 2 6 8
1 Jefferson St, I-5 to Marron Rd - - 7 7
26 Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Ave - 1 6 7
9 Cannon Rd, El Camino Real to College Blvd - 1 4 5
13 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas - - 5 5
16 Poinsettia Ln, Cassia Rd to El Camino Real - 2 3 5
5 Garfield St, Walnut Ave to Sycamore Ave (Coastal Rail Trail) 1 - 3 4
6 Tamarack Ave, Pio Pico Dr to Valley St - 1 3 4
18 Carlsbad Blvd, Avenida Encinas to Ponto Rd - - 4 4
25 La Costa Ave, Cadencia St to Rancho Santa Fe Rd - 1 3 4
22 La Costa Ave, I-5 to El Camino Real - 1 1 2
24 Calle Barcelona, El Camino Real to Rancho Santa Fe Rd - - 1 1
7 El Camino Real, Chestnut Ave to Tamarack Ave - - - -
8 Kelly Dr, El Camino Real to Hillside Dr - - - -
10 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad Blvd to El Arbol Dr - - - -
12 Avenida Encinas, Cannon Rd to Palomar Airport Rd - - - -
14 College Blvd, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd - - - -
15 El Camino Real, Faraday Ave to Palomar Airport Rd - - - -
17 Poinsettia Ln, Carlsbad Blvd to Avenida Encinas - - - -
20 Alga Rd, El Camino Real to El Fuerte St - - - -
23 El Camino Real, La Costa Ave to Calle Barcelona - - - -
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The highest collision location is along Carlsbad Village Drive, with 27 collisions over a 5-year period
from 2015 to 2019. The next three highest collision locations occur along Carlsbad Boulevard. This
data is also shown graphically in Figure 5.7 and mapped in Figure 5.8.
Figure 5.7 - Total Collisions Near Count Locations
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
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6.0 Bicycle-Friendly Communities Assessment
The League of American Bicyclists, a national organization for bicycling advocacy in the United
States, has developed a Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) Program to assist cities in improving
bicycling and creating communities that encourage bicycling.
The BFC Program has developed five award levels – diamond, platinum, gold, silver, and bronze –
that are awarded based on achievements in the 5 E categories: Engineering, Education,
Encouragement, Evaluation and Equity.
The program originally launched in 1995 and then relaunched in 2003. Since 2003, the program
criteria have been designed to be evolutionary, requiring cities to reapply every four years.
The BFC Application will be offline until late Spring 2022, while the Bicycle Friendly America (BFA)
team works with program partners, local and statewide advocates, BFA Equity Fellows, and BFC
applicants to update the application and related resources. Among the changes planned for this BFC
application update include:
Stronger integration of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)-related questions and answer
options to the BFC application, feedback, and guidance materials for communities.
Revised questions around on- and off-street bike infrastructure, to reflect current national
guidance and best practices, and to allow for a more in-depth consideration of the quality
and distribution of bike facilities and of a community’s overall bicycling network.
New questions/answer options in each of the 5 E categories to reflect the latest best
practices and guidance in those topics, given new technologies and innovations in bicycle
programming and infrastructure.
Early previews of the revised application questions are expected to be available during the 2022
National Bike Summit in March 2022, and the official launch of the revised application is planned for
May 2022, during National Bike Month. Related guidance and resource materials will also become
available for applicant communities and advocates starting next May.
Given these anticipated changes, it is recommended that the City of Carlsbad checks
https://www.bikeleague.org/community for further updates, and contacts bfa@bikeleague.org with
any additional questions about the upcoming BFC program changes. Additionally, the City can sign
up to be notified when the application reopens for submissions by clicking here.
Since the BFC program is undergoing changes, the assessment of Carlsbad’s bicycle friendliness
was done using the old criteria as shown in Table 6.1.
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Table 6.1 - Getting to Platinum
Scoring Criteria Carlsbad Avg Silver Avg Platinum Key Outcomes Bike Commute Mode Share (from ACS) 0.45% 2.7% 13.6%
Bike Crashes per 10K bike commuters 5,403 537 100
Bicyclist Fatalities per 10K Bike Commuters 80.7 6.3 0.4 10 Building Blocks Bikeways on High Speed Roads 93% 35% 36%
Total Bike Network to Total Road Network 36% 48% 80%
Bike Education ? Good Good
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Staff – Dedicated to Bike Program ? 1 per 78K 1 per 21K
Source: City of Carlsbad, CR Associates (2021)
As shown in Table 6.1, in terms of the “outcome” measures (bike commute mode share, collisions
and fatalities), the City of Carlsbad is quite far from achieving Silver or Platinum status. Bike
commute mode share is much lower in Carlsbad than the 2.7% to 13.6% required for Silver or
Platinum. And bicycle fatalities and collisions are far too high in Carlsbad.
The “building block” measures are intended to help the City achieve higher bicycle mode shares and
lower fatalities and collisions. These indicators can become a focus for improvement across the City.
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7.0 Conclusions
This chapter summarizes overall findings for the inaugural year of the Active Transportation
Monitoring Program. As such, we are currently limited to a snapshot of trends related to demand,
mode share, and safety. In the future, when a second year of data is collected, the City will be able to
examine change over time, which has important implications for understanding the effectiveness of
infrastructure investment and other policy implementation.
The following sections summarize key results for active transportation demand, mode shares, and
safety.
7.1 Travel Demand
Overall trends in travel demand by mode are highlighted below:
• The highest active transportation volumes (pedestrian, bicycle, and transit) consistently
occur along the coast.
• Pedestrian and bicycle volumes are higher on weekends, and likely associated with leisure or
recreation trips.
• Transit trips are higher on weekdays and are likely related to commuting for work.
• Vehicle person volumes are higher on major arterials.
Pedestrian
The following sites have the highest 13-hour pedestrian counts on both weekdays and weekends:
• Site #4 - Carlsbad Boulevard between Carlsbad Village Drive & Tamarack Avenue
(1,945/4,020)
• Site #11 - Carlsbad Boulevard between Cannon Road and Cerezo Drive (494/806), and
• Site #17 - Poinsettia Lane between Carlsbad Boulevard and Avenida Encinas (419/750)
Each of these high pedestrian count locations is along the coast and has sidewalks in both
directions.
The lowest weekday and weekend pedestrian count locations include the following:
• Site #14 - College Boulevard, between Faraday Avenue and Palomar Airport Road (12/8),
• Site #7 - El Camino Real, between Chestnut Avenue and Tamarack Avenue (13/6), and
• Site #1 - Jefferson Street, between I-5 and Marron Road (17/7)
Each of these data collection sites is located east of Interstate 5. Two of the data collection sites are
along high-speed arterials.
Bicycle
The following three data collection sites have the highest weekend and weekday cycling activity:
• Site #18 - Carlsbad Boulevard, Avenida Encinas to Pronto Road (797/2,509)
• Site #11 - Carlsbad Boulevard, Cannon Road to Cerezo Drive (901/2,089), and
• Site #4 - Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad Village Drive to Tamarack Avenue (730/1,925)
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The lowest weekday and weekend bicycle counts were found at the following sites:
• Site #20 - Alga Road, El Camino Real to El Fuerte Street (25/31)
• Site # 12 - Avenida Encinas, Cannon Road to Palomar Airport Road (50/90)
• Site #13 - Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad Boulevard to Avenida Encinas (51/79)
• Site #14 - College Boulevard, Faraday Avenue to Palomar Airport Road (65/46), and
• Site #6 - Tamarack Avenue, Pio Pico Drive to Valley Street (71/45)
Weekend cycling levels along the coast are more than double weekday cycling levels. Interestingly,
the weekend coastal cycling demand is higher in the southern portions of the Carlsbad and declines
at each data collection station to the north.
Transit
Site locations with highest transit ridership (all on Route 101) for weekday and weekend are as
follows:
• Site # 2 - Carlsbad Boulevard, north of State St Roundabout (478/375)
• Site #4 - Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad Village Drive to Tamarack Avenue (457/357), and
• Site #11 - Carlsbad Boulevard, Cannon Road to Cerezo Drive ( 449/346)
Vehicle
Count sites with the highest weekday and weekend vehicle person trips are as follows:
• Site #21 - Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Elijo Road to Camino Junipero (53,986/49,893)
• Site #22 - La Costa Avenue, I-5 to El Camino Real (50,105/30,980), and
• Site #23 - El Camino Real, La Costa Avenue to Calle Barcelona (46,265/39,572)
• Site #26 - Rancho Santa Fe Road, Camino De Los Coches to La Costa Avenue (46,115/43,311)
The three count sites with the lowest weekday and weekend vehicle person trips are as follows:
• Site #8 - Kelly Drive, El Camino Real to Hillside Drive (5,370/3,787)
• Site #19 - Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad Boulevard to Ponto Road (4,332/4,968), and
• Site #5 - Garfield Street, Walnut Avenue to Sycamore Avenue (1,550/2,214)
7.2 Mode Share
Overall trends in mode share at the twenty-six data collection sites are highlighted below:
• Vehicle person trips are range from about 75% to 99% across the data collection sites
• Pedestrian mode shares range from no pedestrians (0%) to 15.7%
• Bicycle mode share ranges from 0.1% to 9.4% Highest pedestrian, bicycle, and transit mode
shares along the coast.
• Transit mode share ranges from 0.1% to 3.7%. Highest pedestrian, bicycle and transit mode
shares against vehicles on the weekends.
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7.3 Safety
Overall trends in collisions at the twenty-six data collection sites are highlighted below:
• The highest collision location is along Carlsbad Village Drive between Carlsbad Boulevard
and Harding Street. The next three highest collision locations occur along Carlsbad
Boulevard.
• Collisions were concentrated in the Village area and along major arterials.
• Total collisions by mode within 500 feet of data collection locations over the 5-year period
include 13 for pedestrian-vehicle, 24 for bicycle-vehicle and 92 for vehicle-vehicle.
• Pedestrian collisions are more frequent at intersection locations (62%).
• Bicycle collisions are more frequent at mid-block locations (59%).
• Vehicle collisions are evenly split between intersections (53%) and mid-block (47%)
locations.
7.4 Recommendations and Next Steps
These data show that Carlsbad has significant work in terms of increasing cycling, walking and
transit mode shares, relative to driving. The City will be in an excellent position to demonstrate
success as it implements additional active transportation projects and, with continuous annual data
collection, builds evidence that travel behavior can change as a result of changes in the built
environment.
These data provide an important baseline from which the City can track progress toward many of the
General Plan Circulation Element goals and objectives. These data may also be useful to climate
action plan targets and tracking in the future.
In terms of next steps, the City should continue with planning and implementation efforts to improve
active transportation infrastructure. The City should also solidify this data collection effort and
repeating annually, in order to build up longitudinal data which will show if conditions are improving
or deteriorating for walking and cycling in Carlsbad.
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Appendix A - Frequency Distribution of Siting
Criteria by Data Collection Locations
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Figure A.1 - Count Locations by Presence of Transit
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Figure A.3 - Count Locations by LTS
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Figure A.5 - Count Locations by Planned Bike Facility Type
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Figure A.7 - County Locations by Proposed Trail/Pedestrian Facility Type
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Sampling Strata
Each of the mobility element roadways across the City of Carlsbad were assigned to sampling strata
developed from population and employment density and median household income. A key purpose
of this study was to collect travel demand data for the City of Carlsbad that is representative of
citywide trends.
One way to achieve this representativeness was to ensure that key factors affecting the demand for
travel were represented across our count locations. Density and income have been shown in the
literature to influence the frequency of trip-making and mode choice. Therefore, in this study, we
sited our data collection locations in a manner that generally represents the distribution of density
and income across the entire City of Carlsbad.
We obtained population, employment, and median household income data from the Census
Bureau’s American Community Survey for the year 2015 – 2019, aggregated to census block
groups. We created 500-foot buffers around all mobility element roadways and calculated the
population, employment, and income values within the buffers by apportioning the census data to
the buffer areas.
We categorized the two input variables (population + employment and income) into high, medium,
and low classes to create sampling strata. The two input variables classified into three categories
results in 9 sampling strata as show below in Table A.1.
Table A.1 - Defining Nine Sampling Strata
Categories (Pop +Emp)/Acres
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Population + Employment per Acre
High: 9.80 – 16.88
Medium: 6.95 – 9.79
Low: 1.39 – 6.94
Median HH Income
High: $133,643 - $214,098
Medium: $101,418 - $133,642
Low: $62,002 - $101,417
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Figure A.13 shows the distribution frequency of strata for all roadway segments for which the
sampling strata were calculated while Figure A.14 presents the frequency distribution of strata for
the count sites. As shown, the frequency distributions follow a similar pattern and provide a level of
confidence that the selected count sites are representative of the citywide density and income
trends.
Figure A.13 - Distribution of Strata for All Streets
Source: CR Associates (2021)
Figure A.14 - Distribution of Strata for Count Sites
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transportation network effects multimodal travel patterns throughout the city and will provide
an understanding of key behavioral shifts resulting from infrastructure investments.
This first annual report will establish the programmatic framework to be used for future reports
including a data collection and analysis program that will enable tracking progress toward key
goals related to citywide VMT reduction, active travel volumes, transit ridership
encouragement, and safety. This program is also intended to supplement data provided in the
city’s annual Climate Action Plan.
Performance Measures
The draft report includes several performance measures for monitoring over time and
represent several important transportation system and travel behavior categories including
multimodal travel demand, mode share and key safety metrics reported from the city’s Local
Roadway Safety Plan. Activity levels by mode is derived from daily traffic counts of people
walking, biking, taking transit and driving. These data were also used to calculate travel mode
share at each data collection location throughout the city. These metrics are all in alignment
with the City’s General Plan Core Value of providing improved travel options for people walking,
biking, taking public transportation and enhancing connectivity throughout the City of Carlsbad.
Multimodal Traffic Counts
The proposed data collection program was driven by multimodal traffic counts that included
counts of all travel modes including pedestrians, bicyclists, passenger vehicles, and heavy
vehicles at roadway segments or intersections. The multimodal counts were conducted in 12-
hr increments from 7a.m. to 7 p.m. and include both a typical weekday (Monday, Tuesday, or
Thursday) while school was in session and a Saturday.
In addition to the short duration counts as described in the draft report, staff is working to
install two permanent counts which will be conducted at up to two locations on Carlsbad
Boulevard. This will include one location near the northern city border with Oceanside and one
location at the southern border with the City of Encinitas. The continuous counters will be
incorporated into the SANDAG Regional Bicycle Counter Network (https://data.eco-
counter.com/ParcPublic/?id=681) and will be used by the city to understand daily and seasonal
variations and to develop factors for extrapolating short duration counts to average daily
counts.
Next Steps
Staff will incorporate comments received from the Parks & Recreation Commission into the
draft report. It is anticipated that the report will then be updated on an annual basis with
counts reoccurring in September of each year and the results will be presented to the Traffic
and Mobility Commission. In addition, staff is currently working to install permanent bicycle
and pedestrian counters at two locations on Carlsbad Boulevard at the north and south ends of
the city.
Exhibits
1.Draft Active Transportation Monitoring Report
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