Calgary 2022 Average Weekday Traffic Volumes by Road Section

Calgary's 2022 traffic flow map provides average daily weekday vehicle volumes for provincial and city road sections. The data includes two-way traffic totals adjusted for seasonal variation, representing a weighted average annual daily traffic (WAADT). The City of Calgary published this information for general reference on prevailing conditions during that year.

Use Cases

• Identify high-traffic road sections (Section Name, Volume) for infrastructure maintenance prioritization.
• Analyze traffic distribution across the city's road network using geospatial segments (Section, multilinestring).
• Model baseline 2022 traffic conditions (Volume, YEAR) for comparative studies with other years.
• Calculate total traffic load per road segment by combining Volume with Shape Length data.

Strengths

• Data represents the complete 2022 calendar year for temporal consistency.
• Includes both city and provincial road networks for comprehensive spatial coverage.
• Traffic volumes are adjusted for seasonal variation to represent average weekdays (ADWT/WAADT).

Limitations

• The dataset may reflect specific 2022 conditions like construction and detours, limiting generalizability.
• Sample size (number of rows/road segments) is unknown, preventing assessment of granularity.
• Data is from a single year (2022), preventing longitudinal trend analysis without additional years.

Provenance

Source

Alberta Transportation (provincial roads) and The City of Calgary.

Collection Method

Traffic counts from the Calgary Traffic Counts System (CalTracs), processed into Weighted Average Annual Daily Traffic (WAADT).

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Data reflects 2022 conditions; metadata was last updated in February 2024.

Geography

City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.