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TRAFFIC VOLUME HISTORY
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HIGHWAYS
Transportation and Utilities
Technical Services, Planning Branch
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ALBERTA
TRAFFIC VOLUME HISTORY
1988 - 1993
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HIGHWAYS
PREPARED BY
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS UNIT
TECHNICAL SERVICES, PLANNING BRANCH
Liberia
Transportation and Utilities
Technical Services, Planning Branch
Acknowledgement
This report was prepared by the Traffic Analysis Unit of Technical Services, Planning Branch.
Jack Marko
Raju Daniel
Brian MacKenzie
The Traffic Analysis Unit acknowledges the contributions of the staff of the following units of Technical Services
in the collection of traffic data.
Data Collection and Processing Unit
Lorraine Serna
Richard Brassard
Taryn Carthy
Alan Hart
Bob McArthur
Belinda McKay
Kelly Kulchitsky
Automatic Data Collection Unit
Andy Kashuba
Ludek Flaska
Gheorghe Serbanoiu
Roy Wirblich
Brian Woodcox
We also appreciate the assistance of district and regional staff in obtaining traffic data, as well as the
Technical and Administrative Services Section of Transportation Programs Branch for the production of the
1993 AADT Maps.
TRAFFIC VOLUME HISTORY (1988 - 1993)
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HIGHWAYS
Introduction
The Traffic Volume History (1988 - 1993) Primary and Secondary Highways report presents two way traffic
volumes on Alberta's Highway Network.
Average Annual Daily Traffic and Average Summer Daily Traffic volumes are presented in five sections:
Primary Highways, Secondary Highways, Forestry Trunk Road, Special Studies and 1993 AADT Map.
The location of each traffic count site has been identified by its control section number, traffic control section
number, regional identifier, district identifier, municipal identifier and a m unicipal number. These identifiers aid
in locating sites on a map and selecting specific data for requests.
Traffic volumes expressed as an AADT or ASDT were generated using 229 permanent traffic counter installations
throughout the province. These were supplemented by 341 short term portable counter sites monitored for a
duration of three months and 326 manual counts at 289 sites, monitored for a d uration of nine or twelve hours.
The user is cautioned that the figures indicated are estimates with a 9 0% confidence limits for the Primary
Highways and a slightly lower level of confidence for the Secondary Highways. Without expressed written
consent, Alberta Transportation and Utilities does not assume any responsibility for the use of this data. For
specific locations of concern, it is suggested that you contact the Traffic Analysis Unit of Technical Services,
Planning Branch at 427-6720 in Edmonton. For traffic data within urban areas outside of major cities contact
the Planning and Statistics Section of Motor Transport Services at 427 - 7 059 also in Edmonton. For data within
major cities contact the Transportation Department within the appropriate city.
The factoring procedure for AADT and ASDT involves the following steps:
1. Permanent and portable traffic counter sites with similar monthly, daily and hourly traffic variations are
grouped or matched using a H ierarch ial Grouping Process, or Least Squares Process. Grouping allows for the
assignment of a p ermanent or portable traffic counter to each monitored site within a t raffic control section, for
estimating the Monthly Average Daily Traffic (MADT), Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) and Average
Summer Daily Traffic (ASDT) at seasonal portables sites (monitored for three months), and manually counted
sites. In addition traffic volumes for non-monitored sites can be estimated based on percent change at permanent,
portable and manual count sites monitored during the most recent year.
Short term counts are factored as follows:
Monitored Manual Volume
AADT Manual Count Site = x AADT of Assigned Traffic Counter
Assigned Traffic Counter Volume
for the same hourly period
Monitored Manual Volume
ASDT Manual Count Site = — x ASDT of Assigned Traffic Counter
Assigned Traffic Counter Volume
for the same hourly period
Definitions
AADT - is the average daily two way traffic expressed as vehicles per day for the period of January 1 to
December 31 (365 days, 366 days during a l eap year).
ASDT - is the average summer daily two way traffic expressed as vehicles per day for the period of May 1
to September 30 (153 days). ASDT may also be written as SADT (Summer Average Daily Traffic).
Traffic Control Section (TCS) - section of roadway which has similar traffic characteristics. This section of
roadway may run from a p ark boundary to a p rimary junction, a p rimary junction to a p rimary junction,
a p rimary junction to a secondary junction, a secondary junction to a secondary junction, a p rimary
junction to the corporate limits of a town, or a secondary junction to the corporate limits of a town.
Abbreviations
HWY - P rimary Highway (1-99), future Primary Highways (901-998)
SEC - Secondary Highway (500-899)
FTR - F orestry Trunk Road
O/R - O ther Roads (999), include local roads, approach roads, park roads, etc.
CS - C ontrol Section
TCS - T raffic Control Section
R - R egions (Transportation Regions)
R - C odes:
1. Southern - L ethbridge
3. Central - R ed Deer
5. Barrhead - Barrhead
6. Peace - P eace River
D - District (Transportation Districts)
D - C odes:
1.
Medicine Hat(Subdistrict) 9. Athabasca
2. 10.
Lethbridge Vermilion
11.
43.. CHaalngnaar y 13. LGarca n dLea PBriacihrei e
14.
6. Red Deer Peace River
7. 15.
Edmonton
High Level (Subdistrict)
8. Edson (Subdistrict)
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M - Municipal Identifiers
M - C odes:
1. County
2. Municipal District (M.D.)
3. Improvement District (I.D.)
4. Special Area (S.A.)
M.NO - M unicipal Numbers
Counties Codes:
M.NO -
1. Grande Prairie 11. Barrhead 22. Camrose
2. Vulcan 12. Athabasca 23. Red Deer
13. 24.
43.. PNeowneolkla 14. LSamcookym b eL ake 25. LVeerdmuicl ion River
65.. WStaertntleerr 1176.. WMhouenattaliann d View 2267.. LMeitnhbburimd ge
18. 28.
7. Thorhild Paintearth Lac Ste Anne
29.
8. Forty Mile 19. St. Paul Flagstaff
9. Beaver 20. Strathcona Lamont
10. Wetaskiwin 21. Two Hills 30. Parkland
31.
Municipal Districts Codes:
M.NO -
48.
1. Kneehill
Cypress
6. Cardston Provost
52.
7. Badlands 61. Wainwright
8. Bighorn 77. Brazeau
9. Pincher Creek 87. Bonnyville
14. Taber 90. Sturgeon
15. Woodlands 92. Westlock
16. Greenview 94. Yellowhead
26. Willow Creek 99. Clearwater
31. Foothills 130. Smoky River
34. Acadia 133.
44. Rocky View 135. PSpeiarciet River
47. Starland 136. Fairview
Special Areas (2, 3, 4)
Improvement Districts (4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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Other Abbreviations
W West
E East
S South
N North
KM Kilometres
PM Permanent Counter Site (is an automatic counter running for 365 days a y ear)
PT Portable Counter Site (is an automatic counter running for 3 m onths of the year)
SPM Seasonal Permanent Counter Site (a Permanent counter in 1993, normally a
Portable Counter)
UPM Urban Permanent Counter Site (is a P ermanent Counter within a community)
MN Manual Count Site
INT Interchange
WJ West Junction
EJ East Junction
SJ South Junction
NJ - North Junction
WCL - West Corporate Limits
ECL - East Corporate Limits
SCL - South Corporate Limits
NCL - North Corporate Limits
PP - Provincial Park
R - River
LK - Lake
ACC - Access
U/P - Under pass
O/P - Over Pass
Legal Descriptions of locations
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31 35 36 Each township within a specified range is a six mile
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s1e9c s2e0c s2e1c s2e2c s2e3c 1 order. Each section is a one mile (approximately 1609
24 TWP metres) square. The first four numbers after the meridian
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every location.
sec sec sec sec sec sec
6 5 4 3 2 1
RANGE 6
Examples:
■ - S O F 999 24-60-6-500000000 South of local road at the NE comer of section 24, township 60, range 6,
west of 5th meridian.
+ - W O F 999 8-60-6-508050000 West of local road at 805 metres west and 0 m etres south of the NE
comer of section 8, township 60, range 6, west of 5th meridian.
▲- S O F 999 32-60-6-500000850 South of local road at 0 m etres west and 850 metres south of the NE comer
of section 32, township 60, range 6, west of 5th meridian.
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SECTION I
PRIMARY HIGHWAYS
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