Evaluating cell phone data for AADT estimation : research project capsule.

Details

• Creators:
  Codjoe, Julius ; Mitran, Elisabeta
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contributors:
  Rupnow, Tyson D.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Average Daily Traffic Benefit Cost Analysis Classification Data Collection Streetscape Traffic Counts Traffic Volume
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Louisiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Annual average daily traffic (AADT) is a key input in a transportation agency’s roadway
  
  planning, design, operation, and maintenance activities, including air quality and
  
  safety assessments. AADT is required to be reported annually by a state’s Department
  
  of Transportation (DOT) to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
  
  The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) presently
  
  performs traffic counts on approximately 16,000 miles of state roadways on a three-year
  
  cycle at about 4,800 locations. Traffic counting on non-state roadways is the
  
  responsibility of local governments. Major cities (e.g., New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
  
  Lafayette, and Lake Charles) have traffic counts collected or estimated by their
  
  respective Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO). Non-state roadways in
  
  smaller urban areas or in rural areas do not have systematic traffic count or traffic
  
  estimation programs.
  
  A potential alternative for having AADT systematically collected for all state and nonstate
  
  roadways is currently available from Streetlytics, the product of a partnership
  
  combining transportation analytics with location data derived from more than 100
  
  million cellular and GPS devices across more than 15 billion mobile device locations
  
  daily. For any road segment in the United States, Streetlytics provides insights to
  
  traffic volumes, origin and destinations, speeds, and driver demographics.
  
  The purpose of this research is to validate AADT reported by Streetlytics, by using
  
  Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area (BRMA) as a test case. For select BRMA roadways
  
  with available AADT (from either DOTD or local authority), an analysis will be
  
  conducted to verify whether corresponding Streetlytics AADT is valid.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2016/capsule_16-3SA.pdf
• Funding:
  16-3SA ; 1000110
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a03d865ea4f907d081dc47c3bd4e00aba8689ed4aef24dd0eb466be2ca6c78fb
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30891/dot_30891_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 313.54 KB ]