February 1, 2004

How much traffic is there in Dryden?

At last night's meeting in Danby, Fernando de Aragon mentioned that the state Department of Transportation publishes traffic count data. The latest data available is from 2002 (3784K, PDF).

I've pulled information out of those enormous tables, focusing just on New York State roads (13, 38, 79, 366, 392) in the Town of Dryden. The numbers reflect the Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), the "number of vehicles... traveling over a designated section of highway". I've tried to make the road identifiers more readily intelligible. The data is kind of messy, in that different road sections get measured in different years, so each count has a year number (or "est" for estimated) next to it.

Route 13
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
Warren RoadHanshaw Road14861 (est)14603 (01)13365 (96)12352 (93)11048 (89)
Hanshaw RoadIntersection with 36611963 (est)11755 (01)13034 (98)10353 (90)
Western 13/366 intersectionEastern 13/366 intersection16443 (02)16443 (02)15065 (99)14878 (96)15109 (91)
Eastern 13/366 IntersectionIntersection with 38/39210172 (est)9996 (01)10368 (98)9303 (95)8396 (91)
Intersection of 38/392End 38 Overlap12765 (est)12543 (01)13478 (97)12589 (96)11755 (91)
End 38 OverlapCortland county line10744 (02)10744 (02)8954 (99)9334 (96)9403 (91)

 

Route 34B
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
Route 38Benson Road4679 (est)4591 (00)3959 (97)3001 (91)2969 (89)

 

Route 38
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
Cortland county lineIntersection with 13/3923803 (02)3803 (02)3644 (99)3684 (96)4127 (95)
Intersection of 13/392End 13 Overlap12765 (est)12543 (01)13478 (97)12589 (96)11755 (91)
End 13 OverlapIntersection with 366 (Freeville)3688 (est)3638 (01)3281 (98) 3375 (95)3465 (91)
Intersection with 366 (Freeville)Intersection with 34B3361 (est)3315 (01)3023 (98)3130 (95)2739 (92)

 

Route 79
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
Midline Road, SlatervilleBrooktondale Road5001 (est)4608 (96)3718 (89)
Brooktondale RoadPine Tree Road10072 (02)10072 (02)8834 (99)8454 (96)7709 (90)

 

Route 366
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
City/Town of Ithaca BoundaryForest Home Drive7966 (est)7914 (01)9461 (97)9106 (93)8145 (89)
Forest Home DriveIntersection with Route 136759 (02)6759 (02)6463 (99)6398 (96)5615 (93)
Western 13/366 intersectionEastern 13/366 intersection16443 (02)16443 (02)15065 (99)14878 (96)15109 (91)
Eastern 13/366 intersectionVillage of Freeville line3773 (est)3722 (01)3826 (98)3859 (93)3423 (89)
Village of Freeville lineIntersection with 385985 (est)5903 (01)5692 (98)5317 (95)5031 (91)

 

Route 392
StartEndLatest Count or EstimateMost Recent Actual Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)Previous Count (Year)
Intersection with 13/38Tompkins/Cortland county line1176 (02)1176 (02)1153 (99)919 (98)1025 (96)

I see traffic on Route 366 in front of my house has increased 20%, from 5615 in 1993 to 6759 in 2002. (Well, maybe not in front of my house, since they don't indicate where the count stations are in this report.)

Posted by simon at February 1, 2004 11:37 AM in
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