Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath

Steelyard Commons Trail User Counts 2013

Produced by: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Midwest Regional Office

Rhonda Romano

Regional Director

Eric Oberg Manager of Trail Development

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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), with support from the George Gund Foundation, undertook six trail counts along the greater Cleveland trail

network in the summer of 2013.

The locations where the counts were taken were

chosen in consultation with the City of Cleveland Planning Commission. The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath had one location along the trail that is built

behind the Steelyard Commons retail development. The count was performed by the latest generation of Trafx brand infrared trail counters, deployed and

maintained by RTC staff. In 2013 data was collected from May 21st until August 25th, giving 97 days of count data. The results of these counts are depicted in the following report. For management purposes this counter was

referred to as “OTE-Canal Steelyard.”

This report was compiled by:

Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Midwest Regional Office

33-C N. High Street

Canal Winchester, OH 43110

Eric Oberg

Manager of Trail Development

eric@railstotrails.org

Introduction

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Trail Counter Location

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Days of the Week

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Hourly Trail Use

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Daily Trail Use

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Midwest Regional Office / 33.C North High Street / Canal Winchester, OH 43110

tel 614.837.6782 / fax 614.837.6783 / www.railstotrails.org

Na�onal Headquarters / 2121 Ward Court, NW, 5th Floor / Washington, DC 20037

tel 202.331.9696 / fax 202.223.9257 / www.railstotrails.org

Working with these numbers, RTC staff ran the information through a matrix developed in house. This matrix incorporates counts from around the country into the equation. Through this process the overall annual use on

this section of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath came out to be 16,776. This data represents the first count ever taken along this trail in Cleveland. Future trail construction connecting this section into the greater Towpath

Trail system and downtown Cleveland will create increased use, which will necessitate further trail count activities.

Results