NIGP 96885: Traffic Counting Services

NIGP 96885 Traffic Counting Services is an Item code that covers the collection, processing, and analysis of vehicular traffic volume, speed, classification, turning movement, and delay data used by state and local transportation agencies to support traffic operations, congestion management, safety planning, and infrastructure investment decisions. State and local governments procure these services on an as-needed or annual term basis, typically from traffic engineering consultants and specialized data-collection firms, to populate transportation databases, validate level-of-service analyses, and support planning studies for signal coordination, capacity expansion, and signal modernization projects. The code encompasses both manual field counting (turning movements, intersection delays, pedestrian and bicycle counts) and automated technologies (radar-based vehicle detection stations, loop detectors, video analytics, travel time studies), with deliverables formatted to regional and statewide traffic engineering standards including Universal Traffic Data Format, Intersection Capacity Utilization calculations, and compliance with the Institute of Transportation Engineers Manual of Traffic Engineering Studies. Issuing bodies include state DOT agencies, county transportation authorities and public works departments, municipal traffic engineering divisions, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transit authorities. Counties and cities appear to be the primary purchasers, with repeat activity from Orange County Transportation Authority, Seminole County Department of Public Works (Florida), Collier County, and Harris County (Texas), alongside one-off procurements from smaller municipalities and special districts.

Recent opportunities span Florida (Orange County, Seminole County, Collier County), Texas (Harris County, Brownsville, Fort Bend County), Georgia (Henry County), North Carolina (Charlotte), and Utah, with the densest recent activity in Florida and Texas. Representative procurements include Orange County Transportation Authority's RFP 250415 for turning movement counts, pedestrian and bicycle counts, and travel time runs across 101 Congestion Management Program intersections with a $220,000 estimated cost and December 19, 2027 completion (proposals due September 3, 2026); the City of Charlotte's RFP 2692027027 for traffic data collection and processing services on an as-needed task-order basis (proposals due October 26, 2026); Seminole County's IFB-5216-26/AES for traffic volume and turning movement counts at approximately 500 annual locations with an initial three-year term and two one-year renewals (bids due May 27, 2026); and Collier County's ITB 26-8649R for 23 radar-based vehicle count stations with five-year cellular service and cloud hosting at $311,562 total grant-funded cost (bids due August 26, 2026). The code sees active pursuit across both traditional data-collection service contracts and emerging sensor-based vehicle detection systems, with federal funding (FDOT, FHWA, Carbon Reduction Program) increasingly supporting automated detection and data integration projects.