RECORDING OF REGISTRATION NUMBERS AS A METHOD OF TRAFFIC

REGISTRATIE VAN KENTEKENS ALS METHODIEK VOOR VERKEERSONDERZOEK

In the Netherlands the method of recording registration numbers is only incidentally applied for the purpose of traffic surveys. In 1971 Hoogovens Ijmuiden held a limited regional traffic survey, in co-operation with Rijkswaterstaat and Provinciale Waterstaat (State and Provinicial Department of Public Works). The specific aim of this survey gave rise to the application of this method. At 17 points the registration numbers of all motor vehicles passing by in the peak periods were recorded on punched sheets, either directly or through sound tapes. With the aid of a specially developed computer program all required data were calculated. This method has proved very useful and has made it possible to gain reliable results with minimal costs. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Versteeg, H
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 422-427
• Serial:
  • Verkeerstechniek, Netherlands
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Calculation; Computer programs; Costs; Data collection; Foreign; License plates; Methodology; Motor vehicles; Registrations; Structural plates; Traffic surveys; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle detectors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Data recording
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 8673: Digital computer; 5911: Efficiency; 9102: Method; 8078: Netherlands; 1346: Number plate; 689: Traffic count; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00263255
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 1974 12:00AM