The LADOT traffic count database must be surveyed for any traffic counts at study intersections. Note that the transportation assessment must not use traffic counts that are appropriately more than two years old.
Suppose the most current LADOT traffic counts aren’t available. In such a case, the new traffic counts should get collected by a reputable data collection firm.
The turning movement data must get collected within 15-minute intervals from 7 to 19 am in the morning until 6 pm in the evening. So, until and unless LADOT specifies any other hour, these timings should be maintained. Until and unless it is required otherwise, traffic counts must get conducted when colleges or local schools are in session on good weather days.
The new counts must be avoided in times when they are unrepresentative of the prevailing traffic conditions like:
- 2028 Olympic games
- Disaster response from earthquakes
- 2020 COVID-19 response crises
When the unrepresentative periods happen to be prolonged, the old counts might have relied on the case-by-case. That’s true if they get validated and adjusted using the archival loop detector data like Automated Traffic Surveillance & Control (ATSAC) system or RIIT (Regional Integrated Intelligent Transportation System).
Relative to the planned project description, transportation assessments might be required for collecting and evaluating traffic data on specified circumstances that include the following ones:
- Evening hours
- Alternative project needs if and when required by adjacent jurisdiction or a different city department
- Evening hours
- Summer weekend activities, specifically in the recreational areas
Aspects that traffic counts include are:
- vehicle classifications
- pedestrian volume counts
- bicycle counts
If the simulation analysis gets conducted, the counts must also use video monitoring. It should be summarized to capture the already existing issues & constraints.
When the vehicle count data gets collected using video technologies, video equipment must clearly be labeled as the vehicle counting equipment. Besides, it must also include the contact info and name of the firm that conducts the count.
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