TRAFFIC COUNT- Methods

A traffic count is a count of vehicles or pedestrians, which is conducted along through road is known as “Traffic Count”.
Types of counting:-
1. Manual Count:-The count is conducted by persons standing at the roadside and recording passing vehicles on a form, is known as “manual traffic count.
2. Automation Count:-The count conducted by machines that can record passing vehicles automatically, which are known as “automatic traffic counts”.
Interval of Traffic count:-
1. Hourly pattern: The way traffic flow characteristic varies throughout the day and night.
2. Daily Pattern: The day-to-day variation throughout the week.
3. Monthly and yearly Pattern: The season-to-season variation throughout the year.
Types of vehicles:-
1. Car:-

•Number of Axles: 2.
•All Sides Glasses: Front Side, Back Side, Driver Left Side, Driver Right Side, Passenger Left Side (Behind Driver), Passenger Right Side (Behind Driver).

2. LGV:-
•Number of Axles - 2 or 3.
•Capacity – Less than 3.5T.
•Back to Driver - No Glasses and No Windows.
•Vehicle with Embedded trolley.
•Front Glass (Driver Glass) – Slope.
•Back side Glass - Yes or No.
•Driver’s Left, Right and Front side Glasses will be there.
3. OGV1:-
•Total Number of Axles – 2 or 3.
•Front Glass – Slope or Flat.
•Capacity – More than 3.5T.
•Back Tyre - May be Hollow.

4. OGV2:-
•Number of Axles – More than 3 Axles.
• No Flat or Slope concept.
5. Bus:-
•All Sides Glasses.
•Bigger Windows with more than 16+ Passengers.
6. Motor Cycle:-
•2 Wheeler with Motor.

7. Cycle:-

•2 Wheeler with Pedal.

Uses:-

•By counting we can identify the hourly distribution of vehicles at peak hour.
•We can improve controlling traffic.
•We can track the route taken by vehicle