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Why do you need cameras for understanding how traffic flows? The start and end points of any particular driver's route are not required to map how traffic flows
by delinka 11y ago
Why do you need cameras for understanding how traffic flows? The start and end points of any particular driver's route are not required to map how traffic flows. You just need to count cars ('axles' technically) at strategic points - before and after key intersections.
- tonyarkles 11y agoOne example that comes to mind would be four neighbourhoods in a row along a freeway. At each neighbourhood, traffic slows to 30mph to handle local traffic. Does it make sense to build a bypass to facilitate getting directly from neighbourhood A to D? Observing axle counts only tells you the volume from A to B, B to C, and C to D, but doesn't provide information about new roads or routes that might improve things.