Counts of vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians at the majority of intersections equipped with traffic lights. The dataset includes counts recorded at different times of a typical day, with cyclist passage included since 2009.
Use Cases
- Analyze pedestrian and cyclist volume patterns at different times of day to assess intersection safety.
- Model vehicle traffic flow at signalized intersections to inform signal timing optimization.
- Compare counts of vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians across the 19 boroughs to identify infrastructure needs.
Strengths
- Covers the majority of intersections with traffic lights across 19 boroughs.
- Includes cyclist passage data collected since 2009.
- Counts are recorded at different times of a typical day, providing temporal granularity.
Limitations
- Counts may not include certain user types like pedestrians, cyclists, or trucks in some records.
- Dataset excludes traffic counts made by individual boroughs, only includes central services data.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Collection Method
- Counts carried out as part of the harmonization of fires by central services.
- Time Range
- Data collection includes records since 2009.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- All intersections located in the 19 boroughs.