Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Status:
"48 years in MD, 18 in NC"
(set 15 days ago)
Location: Greenville, NC
2,309 posts, read 6,105,617 times
Reputation: 1430
Advertisements
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBojangles
Has anyone else noticed the numerous automatic traffic counters around the city?
I wonder if they are figuring out which road(s) are needing repairing the most? Or something else
They do traffic counts every other year. The last time I checked the numbers, the intersection of Greenville Blvd and East 10th St was the busiest in the city with 127,000 vehicle trips a day.
They do traffic counts every other year. The last time I checked the numbers, the intersection of Greenville Blvd and East 10th St was the busiest in the city with 127,000 vehicle trips a day.
This is probably more Google Maps news than anything else. But you now have the ability to see previous Street views Google has taken. For example, you can toggle from the old Kings Arms apartments to The Province. Or from the old Georgetown apts to currently a field (on the maps).
I tried to think of other areas that would show dramatic changes from 2008 - 2012/13
They do traffic counts every other year. The last time I checked the numbers, the intersection of Greenville Blvd and East 10th St was the busiest in the city with 127,000 vehicle trips a day.
Wait, how is this measured? Here in MD our busiest highways carry about 200,000 cars a day and they def fill more packed than any street in Greenville, are they telling me that Greenville BLVD and 10th St intersection nearly handles the same amount of traffic as our busiest highway here or is the measurement a bit different? I don't even think there are that many cars in Greenville.
Wait, how is this measured? Here in MD our busiest highways carry about 200,000 cars a day and they def fill more packed than any street in Greenville, are they telling me that Greenville BLVD and 10th St intersection nearly handles the same amount of traffic as our busiest highway here or is the measurement a bit different? I don't even think there are that many cars in Greenville.
It appears that the measure is based on the count of each car going through each individual entrance to the intersection... At least that is what the map indicates. There probably aren't any roads in ENC with counts of 127k.
Status:
"48 years in MD, 18 in NC"
(set 15 days ago)
Location: Greenville, NC
2,309 posts, read 6,105,617 times
Reputation: 1430
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMORE
Wait, how is this measured? Here in MD our busiest highways carry about 200,000 cars a day and they def fill more packed than any street in Greenville, are they telling me that Greenville BLVD and 10th St intersection nearly handles the same amount of traffic as our busiest highway here or is the measurement a bit different? I don't even think there are that many cars in Greenville.
There are 4 counters at that intersection. Or they may move the same counter 4 times. Regardless of the specific way they're counted, you could have 25,000 vehicle trips in each direction, on both roads. That would mean 100,000 vehicle trips (I used the same terminology in my original post) occur at that intersection on a typical day. It doesn't mean that 100,000 unique vehicles move through the intersection.
You could have a delivery driver going through the intersection 20 times a day and it will still be counted as 20 vehicle trips.
It appears that the measure is based on the count of each car going through each individual entrance to the intersection... At least that is what the map indicates. There probably aren't any roads in ENC with counts of 127k.
I think you are right. Each car passing through is counted on two sides of the intersection, so the total traffic passing through would be half that amount which would be 63,500. The busiest intersection in Greensboro has 61,300 passing through and Winston-Salem's is 54,000. No way could Greenville's be 127,000. The term vehicle trips is sort of misleading.
Last edited by Cityadvocate; 05-02-2014 at 09:49 PM..
Reason: add info
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
