Pedestrian and cycle surveys.
Walking, cycling and crossing movement surveys to inform access design, sustainable travel and development transport assessments.
Good design needs to understand the people already using a street. We help specify counts that capture walking and cycling routes, crossing movements and the times that matter for the proposal.
Ask the right question
The brief may concern pedestrian conflict at a driveway, demand at a crossing, activity near a school or use of a cycle route. We identify locations, directions, periods and reporting categories appropriate to that purpose.
Counts show observed movements. They do not, on their own, establish unmet demand, accessibility for every user or the acceptability of a design.
Capture the relevant activity
We coordinate specialist counts, with coverage for the paths and crossing points needed by the design team. Weather, term dates, season and events can materially affect the observed activity.
Any distinction between types of users must be appropriate to what can reliably and lawfully be recorded. Personal characteristics should not be inferred beyond the agreed method.
Use the findings alongside a site review
We interpret counts with information about routes, crossing opportunities and the proposed access or public realm. The results can support a Transport Statement, walking and cycling review or layout assessment.
Where camera based collection is proposed, the contractor’s privacy, retention and site arrangements need to be addressed in the commissioning brief.
Your brief and our fee
Send a location plan, the design question, expected busy periods and any authority request. We will specify the count coverage and identify the additional design review needed to use the evidence.
We confirm the deliverables, information needed, programme and fee before starting. Survey costs, third party charges and additional design or consultation are identified in the scope. We do not promise a council decision date or an approval.
Useful next steps.
Related services: Walking, wheeling and cycling · Pedestrian crossings · Traffic survey coordination.
Guidance and national scope
- Department for Transport: data sources and surveysSurvey principles and data sources. The project brief and relevant authority determine the survey required; not every small planning application needs a transport model.
Sources checked 19 October 2026. The commission confirms the applicable national and local procedure.
Tell us what needs resolving.
Send the location, proposed development and the next decision your team needs to make.