AP-G84/04 Best practice in road use data collection, analysis ... - WIM

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Austroads 2004
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Best Practices in Road Use Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting
Austroads (2004), Best Practices in Road Use Data Collection, Analysis
and Reporting, Sydney, A4, 76pp, AP-G84/04
KEYWORDS:
Bicycle, Classification (vehicle), Data Integration, Delay, Dimensions (vehicle),
Guidelines, Quality Assurance, Traffic, Traffic Survey, Travel Time, Weigh-in-
Motion.
ABSTRACT:
This report describes the current practices of road authorities (RAs) in road
use data collection, analysis and reporting, and uses examples to demonstrate
best practices. It cover topics such as: error bin (bin 13) in the Austroads
vehicle classification system, vehicle classification by lengths, defining a
homogeneous traffic section, correlation of classified counts with WIM data,
public-private partnership, quality checks, dealing with missing data,
calibration of a WIM system using CULWAY as an example, and a stakeholder
consultation model. A key finding is that RAs have been following refining
their counting programs and in many ways have achieved good practices, and
that the best way to ensure consistency amongst RAs is for each road
authority to collect robust data sets.