Refer to cata collectors' instructions for details of the cordon count data collection procedure
1. Count people walking and riding bikes across the cordon count location (as given to each counter) – count there and nowhere else, regardless of if you think people have or have not been counted elsewhere. (The count locations make a complete cordon.)
2. People riding bikes (cyclists) are those on pedal bicycles, recumbents, trikes, electric assist bicycles (not motorbikes), or link bikes (tag-alongs), or on tricycles, or walking their bikes. A couple on a tandem are two people riding bikes. Children in trailers or in child seats are not riding bikes and are pedestrians for count purposes.
3. People walking (pedestrians) are those walking (not pushing a bike), jogging or running, or on roller skates, skies, kick scooters or mobility scooters and children riding in prams, child seats and trailers.
4. Males and females are designated by your best estimate (it is likely any errors will cancel out)
5. Start on time at exactly 7 am or 4 pm as appropriate
6. Finish on time at exactly 10 am or 7 pm as appropriate.
7. Do not count people in sight who cross the count location before the start time or after finish time.
8. Do not count yourself or anyone else associated with the count (supervisor and quality assurance checkers).
9. Lookout for well intentioned, but misinformed, people who think they are helping by repeatedly crossing the cordon count location to inflate the count. If you see one, only count them once and advise the supervisor.
10. Do not advertise that you are counting people walking and riding (but do explain what you are doing if asked).
11. We are only counting people who enter or leave the cordon area via public roads, paths and spaces, not via residential or business premises – people who emerge from private property are NOT counted. There is one exception to this rule – when you know for certain that the someone has approached along ‘your’ road or path, and only cut the corner via private property just before reaching your control. For this reason, the cordon counting point on each road or path is some distance away from the intersections with the roads that form the cordon boundary.
12. We are not trying to count as many people as possible – we are trying to count as accurately as possible!
Last modified JW 16 January 2016