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Technical resources for clearer project briefs.

Use these resources to prepare a traffic data scope, understand terms and make the right questions visible early in a project.

Prepare the project

The strongest studies start with useful questions.

A concise project brief gives the team enough context to choose the right locations, periods, classes and deliverables.

  1. 01Where is the study?
  2. 02What must be measured?
  3. 03When does it matter?
  4. 04How will it be used?

Practical starting points

Use the right guide before the first count begins.

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Illustrative traffic data deliverables

Synthetic examples of movement, classification, lane, interval and QA/QC structures.

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Traffic video analysis deliverables

What an engineering team may receive: agreed structures, source notes, exceptions and QA/QC summary.

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Traffic video processing brief template

Plan scope, class rules, intervals, outputs, exceptions and secure handover before processing.

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Traffic video recording & submission standard

Plan camera coverage, visibility, continuity and file handover before supplying footage for manual traffic counting.

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Traffic count preparation guide

How to define locations, periods, movements and classes before a study begins.

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Turning movement count guide

A technical overview of approach, movement and interval requirements.

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Traffic video analysis guide

What makes footage suitable for observation and quality review.

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Camera placement for traffic counts

Frame count lines, movements and crossings around the actual study matrix.

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Quality checks for video data

Review points for traceable, video-derived traffic data.

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Vehicle classification guide

How to establish a project-specific class scheme.

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Heavy vehicle guide

Terminology, applications and limitations for truck and freight counts.

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Traffic data glossary

Definitions for core traffic-data terminology.

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Planning checklists

Print-friendly prompts for traffic video, TMC, roundabouts, classification, parking and QA.

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