General News
- Private Sector Financing Has Small Potential To Increase Transportation Funding
- European Commission Progresses With Automated Small Cars Operated on Dedicated Lanes
- Speed Limits Being Increased Despite Substantial Evidence of Increased Fatalities, Costs
- “Smart Image” System Developed for Ground-Based Imaging
- Annapolis City Bus Drivers Double as Traffic Reporters
- Innovative Pilot Programs Initiated to Increase Transit Ridership
- Recent Consultant Contracts Awarded
Intelligence
- FHWA Offers Course To Assist in Researching Transportation Issues on the Internet
- WestStart-CALSTART Launches Million Dollar Bus Rapid Transit Assistance Program
- Maryland Once Again Offers Businesses Opportunity To Pay Tolls in Exchange for Advertising
- California 511 Service a Roaring Success; Offers Point-to-Point Driving Times
- Tolling of Highways to Become More Widespread in U.S.; Both Congestion Pricing and HOT Lanes Part of Proposed Legislation
Survey: Traffic Counting
- What is the present population of your city or county?
- Do you have permanent count stations installed in your jurisdiction? If “yes,” can you collect data via telemetry from any of your permanent counters? How do you decided where to place permanent counters? What type of technology do you presently use for your permanent count stations (e.g. inductive loops, pneumatic hoses, video
- microwave)? What data do you typically obtain from your permanent counters (e.g., volume, speed, classification, weigh-in-motion)?
- What type of technology do you presently use for your short-term counts (e.g., inductive loops, pneumatic hoses, video, microwave, manual)?
- What data do you typically obtain from your short term counts: volume, speed, classification, weigh-in-motion?
- What percentage of your counts do you have to repeat because of some technical problem associated with the counter?
- How frequently does your agency have counts collected at specific locations?
- How does your jurisdiction collect traffic counts (e.g., use dedicated agency staff, use agency staff that has other assigned duties, outsource to consultants)?
- Please indicate the approximate amount of resources spent on your counting program per year.
- How is your count data used (e.g., annual monitoring [volumes only or level of service], special studies, traffic growth projections, project prioritization, accident rate calculations)?
- How do you test your counter equipment (e.g., in the field, with test equipment, no testing is done)?
- Who completes quality control (QC) reviews of the data (e.g., staff engineer, in-office only engineering technician, field data collection engineering technician, consultant)?
- What type of software do you use to QC traffic counts (please check all that apply)?
- What inherent level of inaccuracy (error) would you say your traffic counts have on average (after any routine adjustments have been made)?
- Who do you share your count data with (e.g., state, county, city, MPO, private entities)?
- Are your count data available on your website?
- Do you have any inter-local agreements that coordinate traffic count activities among agencies?
- What improvements need to be made with counter equipment?
- What improvements need to be made with software used for QC purposes?
Report Synopses
- Highways and Transit: Private Sector Sponsorship of and Investment in Major Projects Has Been Limited
- Executive Summary Report: Pilot Study of Automated Red Light Enforcement
- Remote Sensing (LIDAR) for Management of Highway Assets for Safety
- GIS-Based Integrated Rural and Small Urban Transit Asset Management System
RFPs
- Transportation and Urban Design Study
- Traffic Signal Design Services
- Transit Market Research: Leveraging ITS and Transit ITS Data
- Design, Operation, and Safety of At-Grade Crossings of Exclusive Busways
- Downtown Transportation Study
- Ridership Forecasts and Transportation System User Benefits
- Professional Planning and Traffic Consultant
- FY 2005 Traffic Counting Program
- Volunteer and Community-Based Transportation Program Coordination
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