Truck Traffic Volume, California, 2013

Author(s)

Alexander, Binoy and California. Department of Transportation

Description

This point shapefile contains annual average daily truck traffic volume (also known as traffic counts) on California's state highway network for 2013. Annual average daily truck traffic is the total truck traffic volume divided by 365 days. Truck counting is done throughout the state in a program of continuous truck count sampling. The sampling includes a partial day, 24-hour, 7-day and continuous vehicle classification counts. The partial day and 24-hour counts are usually made on high volume, urban highways. The 7-day counts are made on low volume, rural highways. The counts are usually taken only once in the year. About one-sixth of the locations are counted annually. The resulting counts are adjusted to an estimate of annual average daily truck traffic by compensating for seasonal influence, weekly variation, and other variables that may be present. Annual average daily truck traffic is necessary for presenting a statewide picture of truck flow, evaluating truck trends, planning and designing highways and for other purposes. Truck traffic is classified by number of axles. The two-axle class includes 11/2-ton trucks with dual rear tires and excludes pickups and vans with only four tires. ). This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. California Department of Transportation. (2014). Truck Traffic Volume, California, 2013. California Department of Transportation. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/jq569jn6481. This is Category I data. Category I data are public domain and available to share with Caltrans partners. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Publisher

California. Department of Transportation

Collection

California Department of Transportation GIS Maps & Data

Place(s)

California

Subject(s)

Trucks, Trucking, Traffic volume, Traffic density, and Transportation

Year

2013

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/jq569jn6481

Use and reproduction

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Copyright

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