Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Innovative Traffic Data Sharing Practices

This case study highlights how the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) promotes traffic data sharing with other agencies and makes traffic and geographic information system data available to the public. DVRPC has developed an interactive mapping application, called Traffic Count Viewer, that provides open access to different types of short-duration traffic counts that DVRPC and other external entities take. Traffic Count Viewer communicates with a regional database that DVRPC maintains, allowing users to view, filter, and download traffic data. Further, users can directly connect to DVRPC’s ArcGIS server map service and extract data for traffic and safety analysis. After implementing this tool, DVRPC minimized duplicate data collection efforts, increased the efficiency of its data collection program, and improved its relationships with external entities by offering no-cost access to a comprehensive data source. The Viewer also resulted in time and cost savings for DVRPC’s data partners and provided quick and easy access to data that otherwise would be difficult to obtain. DVRPC will continue to improve Traffic Count Viewer, considering its increased popularity with and positive feedback from users.

• Record URL:
  https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/rsdp/downloads/fhwasa17033.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Alternate title: Data Collection and AADT Estimation on Non-Federal Aid System Roads.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety
  1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tsapakis, Ioannis
  • Holik, William
  • Vandervalk, Anita
  • Turner, Shawn
  • Habermann, John
• Publication Date: 2017-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Case Study
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 27p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Data collection; Data sharing; Databases; Geographic information systems; Traffic counts; Traffic data
• Identifier Terms: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01643923
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-17-033
• Contract Numbers: DTFH6116D00004
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2017 9:22AM