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Road tubes for measuring traffic

  • 13-11-2019 11:43AM
    #1
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know where I could find statistics on traffic where a road tube was used? There's a main road near me that had it installed last year and I'm curious to know the statistics. Are these shared with the public?


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74,126 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Depends who put it in and why

    If its for a planning application the figures will be in the docs for the application when it goes in; ditto if for a Part 8 road project or similar

    Council website may have figures from ones put in for transport planning


  • #3
    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Transport Infrastructure Ireland have a traffic count data website if that's of help, it might have your nearby road on it.

    https://www.tii.ie/roads-tolling/operations-and-maintenance/traffic-count-data/

    https://www.nratrafficdata.ie/c2/gmapbasic.asp?sgid=ZvyVmXU8jBt9PJE$c7UXt6


  • #4
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭chewed


    Cheers for the info. I'm not sure why it was put there, but the road is in an atrocious condition and traffic is getting heavier, so it would be useful to have some stats so I can push the council to do something about it.


  • #5
    highwaymaniac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭highwaymaniac


    chewed wrote: »
    Cheers for the info. I'm not sure why it was put there, but the road is in an atrocious condition and traffic is getting heavier, so it would be useful to have some stats so I can push the council to do something about it.

    Sending in an FOI request is your best bet if you think the council may have carried it out. If a national road send FOI request to TII also.

    If a private applicant had it carried out in order to inform a traffic assessment for a planning application have a look at the council planning website to see if there are any recent large scale development applications and check the submitted documents.

    The other option would be to enquire directly from traffic survey companies? NDC is one off the top of my head


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