Phil Minkin, left, and Carey Maynard-Moody volunteered to count passing bicyclists and pedestrians in 2009 at Ninth and Louisiana streets. Photo by Mike Yoder

Below is a repost from this WellCommons article by Karrey Britt:

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Volunteers are needed to count bicycles and pedestrians next month in Lawrence and Eudora.

The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the city of Lawrence will be conducting counts from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, and from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12.

Rain dates have been scheduled for Sept. 13 and Sept. 15.

Those interested in volunteering are required to attend one of the following training sessions:

• Sept. 4 — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Carnegie Building conference room, 200 W. Ninth St.

• Sept. 5 — 11 a.m. to noon, Carnegie Building conference room.

• Sept. 6 — 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Kansas Union’s Pine Room, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

• Sept. 6 — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Eudora Community Center, 1630 Elm.

Volunteers who received training in previous years are not required to attend a session.

The data collected will assist city and regional leaders in estimating usage and demand for bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The counts also will be used to track the region’s progress on increasing the use of nonmotorized transportation, strengthen grant applications to leverage additional federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects, evaluate existing projects, and help determine the location of future investments.

To sign up visit www.lawrenceks.org/mpo/volunteer.

For more information, contact Jessica Mortinger, transportation planner, at 832-3165 or [email protected].