Decision Process : Set Service Area : Get Vehicle Traffic

Step 4 : Get Vehicle Traffic It is important to get vehicle traffic information since this is also a form of demographics. Rural interstate highways between major population centers can have traffic counts of 50,000 or more vehicles per day, which can add significantly to the demand from the POPS (population) count. Vehicle traffic data can often be obtained from: the country, state, province or county (parish) departments of transportation. Following the example Assumptions: Traffic is in KVM (Kilo Vehicle Miles)/day - 1000 miles per day. Density is 250 cars/mile. In this case, we got vehicle data from the state for the major highway near the site. Since there is about 1 mile of road to the north and 1½ miles to the south, the anticipated load due to traffic is: North: 1.0 mile x 115,000 VM / (24 hours * 3600 seconds/hour) = 1.331 vehicle miles/second. Assume 250 cars/mile, we get: 1.331 * 250 = 333 vehicles total in the area/second (round up). South: 1.5 miles x 100,000 VM / (24 hours * 3600 seconds/hour) = 1.736 vehicle miles/second. Assume 250 cars/mile, we get: 1.736 * 250 = 434 vehicles total in the area/second. Note: We changed KVM to VM (115 KVM = 115,000 VM) Continue to Step 5: Get Subscriber Numbers.

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