Two-Axle Commercial Vehicle Composition and Occupancy in Western North Dakota
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is interested in estimating the percentage of commercial vehicles using the state’s infrastructure, especially in the western region. The estimation process is complicated by the large number of companies and workers in the Bakken oil-producing region of North Dakota that come from other states. Therefore, even if the commercial versus non-commercial breakdown of percentages of vehicle types such as passenger cars, pickup trucks etc. within North Dakota were known, they may not represent the true usage of the state’s infrastructure by category of vehicles. Additionally, NDDOT is interested in estimating the vehicle occupancy of the non-commercial vehicles. For this white paper, six locations in western North Dakota were selected for data collection during the week of September 19, 2022. Cameras were set up at the six locations to record approximately 24 hours of video or static images (depending on camera type). This report presents the number of commercial and non-commercial vehicles observed by location and number of single- and double-occupancy vehicles at 2 locations.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Advanced Traffic Analysis Center
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND United States Bismarck, ND United States 58505 -
Authors:
- Sharma, Kshitij
- Publication Date: 2022-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: White Paper
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 14p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cameras; Commercial vehicles; Traffic counts; Vehicle occupancy
- Geographic Terms: North Dakota
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Motor Carriers;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01899888
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Nov 20 2023 9:10AM