A table from the City of Seattle's SDOT Traffic Counts group describing the types of studies performed to collect traffic volumes. Studies are conducted across the city, primarily using pneumatic tubes, with some data from video systems. The data was last updated on March 22, 2026.
Use Cases
- Categorizing traffic study purposes based on the provided study type field.
- Assessing the prevalence of pneumatic tube versus video system data collection methods.
- Linking to detailed traffic volume data using the study_id field mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, RDF, XML).
- Includes a field (study_id) for linking to related traffic volume tables.
- Describes the primary data collection methods (pneumatic tubes and video systems).
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- City of Seattle
- Collection Method
- Studies run by the SDOT Traffic Counts group using pneumatic tubes and video systems.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-22 03:42:16.954288; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- City of Seattle