Amats: traffic counts 2021-2022

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) was awarded a $1,255,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on June 3, 2021.

The funding will support ADOT&PF's collection, analysis and quality assurance of traffic data in the Municipality of Anchorage through June 2022. Data will be gathered on vehicular and pedestrian volumes, crashes and various traffic studies on roadways and trails to evaluate traffic trends, address public concerns, support transportation modeling and planning activities. Specific studies include travel time delays, vehicle classifications, 24-hour and spot speeds, gaps, cut-through traffic patterns, license plate matching, stop/delay times and traffic behavior saturation flows. Collected data will also be published in ADOT&PF's annual report. Funding will allow for continued improvements to methods and systems used to collect, store and provide access to this transportation data.

Project description

The municipality of anchorage traffic department will collect, input, analyze, and perform quality assurance for information pertaining to various pedestrian and vehicular volumes, crashes, and traffic studies. Information will be gathered for roadways and trails to help evaluate traffic trends, perform analyses, address public concerns, build, validate, update transportation models, review plans, and assist in safety programs. Program also includes data collection for various studies such as: travel time delays, classifications, 24-hour and spot speeds, gaps, cut through traffic, license plat, stop/delay, traffic behavior, and saturation flow. Besides the various studies, data collection information will be published in the annual report. The data work includes continual improvements and enhancements to methods and systems required for the collection, containment, and availability of information.