GOLDEN RIVER TRAFFIC COUNTER ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE FOR THE IBM-PC. INTERIM REPORT

This report is an operations guide for inputting traffic volume data from the automatic Golden River counters into an IBM-PC or look-alike, storing data files on floppy diskettes and providing printed analysis output data. Common serial communication support program PC-TALK III is used to read and store traffic volume data. Turbo Pascal written programs HEADER and REPORT enable user to provide descriptive information for each data file. Data analysis output can be obtained in sub-hourly, hourly, and daily form. Requires an IBM-PC or look-alike, dual diskettes, 256k, variable character size printer, and an unused asynchronous communication (serial) port. Golden River and Turbo Pascal documentation included in Appendices.

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lee, J Y
  • Chang, D J
  • Ritch, G P
• Publication Date: 1986-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data storage; Mathematical analysis; Microcomputers; Traffic counts; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457909
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-86/52+421-2
• Contract Numbers: Study No 2-18-84-421
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM