IOWA URBAN TRANSPORTATION AREA: TRAFFIC-COUNTING PROGRAM

An overview of the traffic-counting program for urban areas in Iowa is presented. The Iowa Department of Transportation has an extensive program that covers 15 urban areas in the state that have populations of 25000 or more. The types of traffic data collected, the problems and difficulties encountered in collection and processing, and the varied uses that are made of the data reviewed. Preliminary results of the Sioux City counting program are included. (Author)

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr187/sr187-023.pdf
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  • This paper appeared in TRB Special Report 187, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, Proceedings of a Workshop sponsored by UMTA and FHWA, conducted by TRB, Sarasota, Florida, 3-6 December 1978. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Studer, Robert D
• Conference:
  • Workshop on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
  • Location: Sarasota Florida, United States
  • Date: 1978-12-3 to 1978-12-6
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 62-65
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMMUNITIES. PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 187
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Information processing; Reviews; Traffic counting; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311225
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 22 1981 12:00AM