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Traffic counting

TRRL began counting traffic in1933. Measuring flow is fundamental to understanding the demand for road use, which impacts network investment, construction standards, modal connection points, and policy decisions about speed. Techniques have moved on, and today we include pedestrians and cyclists and other road users in the counting methods to tell better stories about how people use transport. But it all began here...

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