Volunteers needed to count Lakefront Trail users

Submitted by mkohara on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 7:56am

Volunteers needed!

The Active Transportation Alliance is looking for volunteers to help with a trail users count on the Chicago Lakefront Trail. The Chicago Park District wants accurate counts of trail users so that they can assess future needs and show funders how busy it is. We need people to count cyclists, pedestrians, and other Lakefront Trail users. The project will take place between August 21st and 27th, 2010. Three shifts are available; Saturday 12pm-4pm, Tuesday 5am-9am and 3pm-7pm.

Minimum time requirement is 4 hours (1 for training and materials, 3 hours per survey period).

Interested? Contact Tom Armstrong at Tom@activetrans.org.

Correct dates??

Submitted by Martin (not verified) on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 4:31pm.

The dates specified don't match the days of the week. Saturday is August 21st and Tuesday is August 24th. The date range is August 21st-27th. I realize that technically the dates fall within the range, it just seems strange to have a date range which is larger then necessary.

Thus my question is are the dates of the count August 21st and August 24th on the specified date?

updated times below.

Submitted by mkohara on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 1:55pm.

updated times below. Plus...you'll be paid!

The Active Transportation Alliance is looking for volunteers to help with a trail users count on the Chicago Lakefront Trail. We need people to count cyclists, pedestrians, and other Lakefront Trail users. The project will take place between August 21st and 27th, 2010. Three shifts are available; Saturday 12:30pm-4pm, Tuesday 5:30am-9am and 3:30pm-7pm.

Active Trans will be paying a stipend of $30 per count or $100 for all three counts. If you are interested, please contact Carolyn Helmke at Carolyn@activetrans.org and let her know which shifts you can work and where you would like to be stationed on the trail. (We may not be able to assign you to your favorite spot but should be able keep you close to it.)