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MPO traffic-counts briefing flags aging equipment, bike counts as a technical challenge
Summary
MPO staff outlined a traffic-counts program covering 516 roadway sections on a three-year cycle, described IRD tube-and-box methods, said current boxes are about 12 years old and will need replacement, and warned that bicycles are often undercounted by tube equipment.
Kyle Mestrein, speaking for MPO staff, briefed the committee on the Mesilla Valley MPO traffic-counts program, which covers roughly 516 roadway sections on a three-year rotation (about 172 sections per year). He described the programworkflow: deploy International Road Dynamics tube-and-box sensors for at least 48 hours, download raw 15-minute increment files, apply seasonal and daily factors, and produce AADT and classification breakdowns used for safety performance measures, traffic modeling and…
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