Transportation data requirements : evaluation of portable traffic recorders.

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• Creators:
  Jordan, Robert F
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic counting
  • Traffic counts
  • Traffic data
  • Traffic surveys--Evaluation--Virginia
  • Traffic surveys--Testing--Virginia
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VHTRC 78-R58
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Abstract:
  The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Department's portable traffic recorder models under diverse types of traffic conditions. The study was conducted by (1) reviewing the characteristics of five models of traffic recorders, (2) selecting six field study sites, and (3) devising procedures for testing the recorders. Combined data from the six study sites revealed that the ranking of the traffic recorders in descending order of accuracy was: (1) Stevens, (2) Streeter Amet (SA) MR 101-A, (3) SA-Traficounter, (4) K-Hill, and (5) SA-Traficounter Junior. The low relative errors obtained with the Stevens (1.9%) and SA-MR 101-A (2.6%) demonstrated that they are capable of meeting high accuracy standards. It is recommended that the practice of using two traffic recorders on divided highways should be replaced where conditions permit by the use of a plastic tee-joint to connect two road hoses to one recorder in the median area. A study of the types and rates of malfunctions of the recorders is also recommended.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20148/dot_20148_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.24 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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