TRAFFIC COUNT- Methods
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A traffic count is a count of vehicles or pedestrians, which is conducted along through road is known as “Traffic Count”.
Types of counting:-
- Manual Count:- The count is conducted by persons standing at the roadside and recording passing vehicles on a form, is known as “manual traffic count.
- Automation Count:- The count conducted by machines that can record passing vehicles automatically, which are known as “automatic traffic counts”.
Interval of Traffic count:-
- Hourly pattern:The way traffic flow characteristic varies throughout the day and night.
- Daily Pattern:The day-to-day variation throughout the week.
- Monthly and yearly Pattern:The season-to-season variation throughout the year.
Types of vehicles:-
Fig : Different types of vehicles
- Car:-
- Number of Axles: 2.
- All Sides Glasses: Front Side, Back Side, Driver Left Side, Driver Right Side, Passenger Left Side (Behind Driver), Passenger Right Side (Behind Driver).
- LGV:-
- Number of Axles – 2 or 3.
- Capacity – Less than 3.5T.
- Back to Driver – No Glasses and No Windows.
- Vehicle with Embedded trolley.
- Front Glass (Driver Glass) – Slope.
- Back side Glass – Yes or No.
- Driver’s Left, Right and Front side Glasses will be there.
- OGV1:-
- Total Number of Axles – 2 or 3.
- Front Glass – Slope or Flat.
- Capacity – More than 3.5T.
- Back Tyre – May be Hollow.
- OGV2:-
- Number of Axles – More than 3 Axles.
- No Flat or Slope concept.
- Bus:-
- All Sides Glasses.
- Bigger Windows with more than 16+ Passengers.
- Motor Cycle:-
- 2 Wheeler with Motor.
- Cycle:-
- 2 Wheeler with Pedal.
Uses:-
- By counting we can identify the hourly distribution of vehicles at peak hour.
- We can improve controlling traffic.
- We can track the route taken by vehicle
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