Evaluation of Rural Coverage Count Duration for Estimating Annual Average Daily Traffic

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• Creators:
  Bodle, R.R.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Bureau of Public Roads
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Average daily traffic
  • Traffic forecasting
  • Traffic counts
  • Rural transportation
  • Highway planning
  • Vehicle miles of travel
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Bureau of Public Roads
• Abstract:
  Estimation of annual average daily traffic (ADT) on sections of a state highway network has long been an important phase of the highway planning process. ADT estimates have been used as a fundamental element in determining vehicle-miles of travel on the various categories of rural and urban highway systems. ADT estimates, together with other important characteristics of traffic, provide the highway engineer, planner, and administrator with information necessary for establishing a systematic classification of highway systems, determining design standards, evaluating safety programs, estimating change in annual traffic volumes, calibrating traffic assignment and distribution models, and developing programs for highway improvement and maintenance. In addition, many commercial activities, such as motels and hotels, restaurants, automobile service and repair industries, and recreational and amusement centers use traffic estimates as a basis for planning.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66479/dot_66479_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4036f620506583c92d0f5ff89cb841771e701cc6b7ee616b476e3a0c244a19a56168790386b08bce4be375daec5caa7236685ab73d9dfe17e17f4140b6ff5d41