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Traffic Counts

Post #4928
04-17-2010 07:42 PM
UrbanWaterloo

Moderator
Traffic Counts


http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/publicw...CountsMaps.htm
Post #4929
04-17-2010 07:44 PM
UrbanWaterloo

Moderator
Kitchener-Waterloo
Joined Dec 2009
3637 posts
Regional Municipality of Waterloo Intersection Traffic Counts
http://www.cbre.ca/EN/Our+Offices/On...fic+Counts.htm
http://www.cbre.ca/NR/rdonlyres/2860...ionsByAADT.pdf
Post #4931
04-17-2010 08:10 PM
Duke-of-Waterloo

Metropolis Member
Waterloo
Joined Jan 2010
1008 posts
It still slays me that the Region of Waterloo downloaded Columbia Street to the City of Waterloo, when these traffic counts show that Columbia carries 30,000 + vehicles a day at intersections like Weber, King, and Philip. This is while the Region still has control over roads such as Manitou (19,000 vehicles/day), Bloomingdale (14,000), and Benton (19,170). It is not fair to Waterloo taxpayers to be responsible for Columbia Street, which clearly serves a "Regional" purpose, while at the same time paying for Manitou, Bloomingdale and Benton, which arguably do not serve a Regional purpose in Kitchener. In my opinion, this is the Region playing favourites with Kitchener and it is not right.

The Region should re-assume responsibility Columbia or download one of these above mentioned roads to the City of Kitchener out of fairness. Columbia and Manitou are very comparable roads to each other. IIRC, the Region downloaded Columbia right before it needed widening between Philip and King, and just let the City of Waterloo pay for it!
Post #4937
04-17-2010 11:49 PM
Urbanomicon

City Member
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined Feb 2010
968 posts
"Only the insane have the strength enough to prosper. Only those that prosper may truly judge what is sane."
King and Northfield is surprisingly high on that list; 6th overall, even beating out University and Weber for busiest intersection in Waterloo. I have never seen that intersection extremely busy; it is on the outskirts of the city. Are there really that many people coming in from St. Jacobs and the like?
Post #4939
04-17-2010 11:54 PM
Waterlooer

Youth Moderator
Waterloo, ON
Joined Apr 2010
596 posts
Quote Originally Posted by Urbanomicon View Post
King and Northfield is surprisingly high on that list; 6th overall, even beating out University and Weber for busiest intersection in Waterloo. I have never seen that intersection extremely busy; it is on the outskirts of the city. Are there really that many people coming in from St. Jacobs and the like?
I agree with you. Weber/University is more busy in my opinion.
Post #4945
04-18-2010 02:28 AM
mpd618

City Member
Waterloo, ON
Joined Jan 2010
981 posts
I'm wondering how much variability there would be in the counts from day to day. My intuition is that a difference between 40,000 and 35,000 is not "statistically significant" here.

What I'd like to see is counts for other travel modes, such as pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. I don't believe the Region does this; or does it?
Post #4951
04-18-2010 08:47 AM
Spokes

Conurbation Member
Kitchener
Joined Dec 2009
5007 posts
Quote Originally Posted by Urbanomicon View Post
King and Northfield is surprisingly high on that list; 6th overall, even beating out University and Weber for busiest intersection in Waterloo. I have never seen that intersection extremely busy; it is on the outskirts of the city. Are there really that many people coming in from St. Jacobs and the like?
While you're right, it's never really extremely busy, I would say it's consistantly busy all day in both directions.
Post #4952
04-18-2010 08:48 AM
Spokes

Conurbation Member
Kitchener
Joined Dec 2009
5007 posts
Quote Originally Posted by mpd618 View Post
I'm wondering how much variability there would be in the counts from day to day. My intuition is that a difference between 40,000 and 35,000 is not "statistically significant" here.

What I'd like to see is counts for other travel modes, such as pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. I don't believe the Region does this; or does it?
They should be. But I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. This is the kind of thing that they need to do if they're really serious about getting people of out their cars, they talk a lot, but start showing some action.
Post #4955
04-18-2010 10:20 AM
IEFBR14

Transportation Moderator
H2OWC
Joined Mar 2010
1050 posts
Quote Originally Posted by mpd618
What I'd like to see is counts for other travel modes, such as pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. I don't believe the Region does this; or does it?
Quote Originally Posted by Spokes View Post
They should be. But I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. This is the kind of thing that they need to do if they're really serious about getting people of out their cars, they talk a lot, but start showing some action.
This is the kind of question we should ask every time some politician or bureaucrat tries to tell us how concerned they are and how much they want to help us on these sorts of issues.

Maybe then they'll slowly start to "get it."
Post #4967
04-18-2010 10:59 AM
Urbanomicon

City Member
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined Feb 2010
968 posts
"Only the insane have the strength enough to prosper. Only those that prosper may truly judge what is sane."
Some of the dates that this data was obtained are on the weekend. This study would be far more useful if they took readings for an entire (non-holiday) week, and averaged the traffic count (cars/day).
Post #26807
02-28-2011 12:21 PM
Urbanomicon

City Member
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined Feb 2010
968 posts
"Only the insane have the strength enough to prosper. Only those that prosper may truly judge what is sane."
Ars Technica has a good article on the future of traffic counts, modeling, and the role of cell phones in this process.
Post #26834
02-28-2011 08:36 PM
neonjoe

Village Member
Kitchener, ON
Joined Feb 2010
65 posts
MTO Traffic Counts Can Be Found Here http://www.raqsa.mto.gov.on.ca/techp...umes.nsf/tvweb
I took a little time to get the counts at each exit on the Expressway in 2007
Highway 7/8 at
Trussler Rd. - 30000
Fischer Hallman Rd. - 30000
Homer Watson Blvd - 54000
Courtland Ave - 79000
Highway 8 - 82700
Ottawa St - 90600
Hghway 85 - 103800

Highway 85 At:
Wellington - 93600
Lancaster - 99000
Bridgeport Rd. - 72000
University Ave - 58900
King St. - 38000
Northfield - 19400
RR 15 - 19400

Highway 8 At
Fairway Rd - 98200
King St E. - 94800