Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates for New York State Roads

Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) estimates for New York State Routes and Federal Aid System roads, beginning in 1977. Data is compiled by data.ny.gov from short-term traffic counts factored to produce yearly estimates. The dataset was last updated in August 2024.

Use Cases

• Model traffic volume trends over time using the Year and Count columns for specific Station IDs.
• Analyze traffic distribution by road type and location using Functional Class, County, and Municipality columns.
• Identify high-traffic corridors for infrastructure investment by correlating Count with Road Name and Length.
• Assess traffic patterns near specific features like Railroad Crossing or Bridge attributes.
• Compare traffic estimates across different roadway classifications such as State Route and County Road.

Strengths

• Multi-decade temporal coverage beginning in 1977.
• Covers all New York State Routes and Federal Aid System roads.
• Includes 17 descriptive columns for roadway segmentation and classification.

Limitations

• Row count and sample size are unknown.
• Data is estimated from short-term counts and represents the previous year's AADT.
• Geographic coverage is limited to New York State.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Calculated from factored short-term traffic counts taken along roadway segments.

Time Range

Beginning 1977.

Freshness

Updated in 2024, with AADT values typically lagging by one year.

Geography

New York State Routes and Federal Aid System roads within New York State.