I am proud to say I have been working with Arthur Kyron and Ben Rose of the Town of Victoria Park in their programs to rejuventate their mainstreets.
A Beautiful City people counting systems are now in East Victoria Park and Victoria Park – two locations penetrated by the enormous and fantastic Albany Highway mainstreet.
The below quote is supplied by the town’s Strategic Projects Consultant, Mr Ben Rose:
“How do you measure the health of a mainstreet? Vibrancy and activity are often used as subjective measures, but how do we put objectivity and robust conclusions into those often subjective observations?
Physically counting the number of people using the space, at any given point in time, and over time, gives us (the mainstreet administrators) the best available information for making important decisions relating to the mainstreet.
Are visitation rates up, are they down, how do they compare to this time last year, what are the annual trends like, what is the busiest day of the week, busiest hour of the day?…..all of these questions can be answered through people counting. The Town of Victoria Park invested in two people counters in 2012-13 and will be looking to extend its network of data-gathering with more units in 2013-14, thereby enabling better informed decisions for the continued revjuvenation and activation of the Albany Highway mainstreet.”
Below: Another stunning piece of public art improving the town centre of East Victoria Park.
For more information on A Beautiful City’s people counting system for mainstreets, please visit our people counting page or our people counting articles.
