Counting Heads on the Canalway Trail

2015 marked the 11th annual trail count conducted by the New York State Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York.

Trail counts are conducted with the help of local volunteers, in an effort to develop a comprehensive picture of trail use throughout the Canalway Trail System.

This year, trail counts were conducted on the Erie Canalway Trail (ECT) in seven locations. At four of these locations - Tonawanda, Bushnell's Basin, Marcy, and Ft. Plain - electronic counters were used to record trail use. Traditional volunteer counts occurred at three locations - Palmyra, Dewitt, and Albany's Corning Preserve. At these physical count locations, volunteers also surveyed trail users to learn more about how and why they use the trail

After crunching the numbers and analyzing all the data, one thing is clear - 2015 was another busy year on the Canalway Trail!