Monitoring

• Eight new automatic cycle counters to be added to the existing cycle counter network. Count data to be provided on a monthly basis
• Manual cycle counts to be undertaken quarterly at 4 locations in Lancaster and 4 in Morecambe
• Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) data for the towns to be accessed following Census completion in Autumn 2007
• Workplace travel surveys to target a respondent sample at key employers in the towns
• Attitude survey of cyclists and non-cyclists to target a respondent sample of around 300 individuals
• Counts of parked cycles to be conducted in the central areas of Lancaster and Morecambe based on a ‘beat’ including key cycle parking locations, but also incorporating informal on-street parking
  

Other Monitoring may include:

• The Sustrans / SocialData Travel behaviour survey data to be examined with reference to the Cycling Demonstration Town project
• Route User Surveys in Lancaster to be repeated during the project lifetime
• Physical Activity Survey data for Lancaster and Morecambe to be interrogated
• A diary of relevant interventions and events that are expected to impact upon cycling activity to be submitted to the research team annually