AUTOMATIC ROAD TRAFFIC COUNTS. YEARLY EVALUATION FOR 1976

AUTOMATISCHE STRASSENVERKEHRSZAEHLUNG. JAHRESAUSWERTUNG 1976

EXPERIENCES WITH THE USE OF TRAFFIC COUNTING EQUIPMENT AND THE PROCESSING OF DATA ARE DEALT WITH, ALONG WITH TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT. SOME CHANGES BETWEEN 1975 AND 1976 ARE GIVEN (IN BRACKETS ARE THE AVERAGE VALUES FOR PREVIOUS YEARS): ADT = 3.1% (+5.2%), FUEL CONSUMPTION = +2.0% (+4.5%), NUMBER OF VEHICLES = +6.0% (+7.2%), AVERAGE MILEAGE PER VEHICLE = -2.7% (-2.3%). CHANGES IN THE COUNTER LOCATION NETWORKS, THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COUNTING STATIONS AND APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR EVALUATING APPROXIMATELY THE COUNTER DATA, FORM THE BASIS OF THE DISCUSSION IN THIS PAPER. DATA INCLUDES: TRAFFIC FLOWS, TRAFFIC TYPE, TRAFFIC COMPOSITION AND SPEEDS. AN ENLARGEMENT ON THE LAST EVALUATION PROVIDED A COMPUTED ESTIMATE OF THE DATA MISSING SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE COUNTER NETWORK OPERATIONS, UP TO THE PRESENT, AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMPARISON BASIS MADE POSSIBLE BY IT. THE DTV VALUES FROM 1970 TO 1975 WERE NEWLY CALCULATED AND COMPARED WITH THE VALUES FOR 1976. FURTHER, THE TABULAR SECTION WAS COMPLETED FOR EACH COUNTER STATION BY YEARLY REVIEWS.

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    BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER BAUTEN UND TECHNIK, BUNDESSTRASSENVERWALTUNG

    STUBENRING 1
    WIEN,   Austria  A-1011
  • Authors:
    • Steierwald, G
    • MUELLNER, W
    • Pohnitzer, M
    • STOECKER, K
  • Publication Date: 1977

Language

  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 48P

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01302039
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 8:29AM