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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 760: Improving the Quality of Motorcycle Travel Data Collection presents an analysis of traffic counting technologies and data collection protocols designed to help improve the reliability of motorcycle travel data.

The technologies examined include infrared classifiers, inductive loops/piezoelectric sensors, magnetometers, multi-sensor technologies, and tracking video. The report describes the performance of each technology in terms of accuracy, initial cost, portability, and ease of setup and operation.

The report also evaluates and validates a hypothesis that motorcycle crash locations are reasonable predictors of traffic volume. A correlation between crash sites and volume may enable a state department of transportation to select traffic counting locations that could yield more accurate data on motorcycle traffic volumes.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Improving the Quality of Motorcycle Travel Data Collection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22444.

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57 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22444
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-vii
Summary 1-4
Chapter 1 - Background 5-6
Chapter 2 - Research Approach 7-14
Chapter 3 - Findings and Applications 15-45
Chapter 4 - Conclusions and Recommendations 46-48
References 49-50
Appendix A - Guidance for States to Determine Motorcycle Count Locations 51-53
Appendix B - Texas DOT Data Sample 54-55
Appendix C - Sensys Networks Data Sample 56-58

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