Using Data-Driven Solutions to Enhance Roadway Safety In Bellingham, Washington

An engineering evaluation found traffic conditions along a major roadway in Bellingham caused high stress for bicyclists. The increased safety risk, particularly for less experienced cyclists, created a critical gap in the active transportation network.

The approach

The city turned to Miovision’s Scout Plus® and Continuous Safety Monitoring (CSM) for turning movement counts (TMCs), near-miss analysis and conflict video clips to address safety challenges. This allowed Bellingham to proactively identify risks and evaluate the effectiveness of the new bike lane design, particularly at high-risk locations where right-turning vehicles interacted with cyclists.

Miovision’s Turning Movement Counts (TMCs) provided detailed insights into travel patterns and volume trends. Cameras recorded all modes of traffic— vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists—over a 24-hour period at key intersections along Holly Street.

Results

Phase 1 results included a 33% increase in bicycle ridership, 87% bike lane utilization rate, enhanced pedestrian safety, identifying right-hook conflict hot spots through near-miss analysis, and informed design adjustments.

Trust in Miovision’s data driven solutions

“Our team recently made the switch to using Miovision products for all of our traffic data collection needs, and we have been consistently impressed by their quality and ease of use at every level. Our field techs find the Scout Plus systems easy to setup and take down, the online platforms (Miovision One) for the Scout, the Core DCM, and SmartView 360 systems are user-friendly and provide an excellent source of data for our engineers. The data we have been able to collect has allowed us to study portions of our road network that were not previously available and has allowed us to better understand the needs of our city streets, develop targeted low-cost solutions, and inform our planning team for future improvements. It has been a pleasure working with the customer service staff at Miovision, who have consistently been very responsive and helpful whenever issues have come up, and I look forward to continuing to work together.”

– Shane Sullivan, City Transportation Engineer, City of Bellingham WA

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