Purpose of the Traffic Monitoring Report
The County Council, as Highway Authority, is responsible for all public roads within the county, except for the motorway and trunk road network, which is the responsibility of the Department for Transport, (DfT). In order to fulfil its functions, the County Council requires up to date information on vehicle flows, flow composition, vehicle occupancy and overall trends. This information is used:-
• to identify and justify transport schemes
• to assist in the priority ranking of schemes
• for strategic planning
• for development control purposes
• in road maintenance assessments
• in road safety investigations
• in the environmental assessment of schemes
• for the monitoring of targets
• to provide a database of information.
This report examines traffic and travel trends for both rural and urban roads within the county. Where appropriate, trends are compared with national statistics.
Summary (10Kb)
1 Introduction (20Kb)
- Purpose of the Traffic Monitoring Report
- Variability in Traffic Counts
2 Rural Traffic (43Kb)
- Introduction
- Traffic Growth Across County Screenline
- Traffic by time of day
- Traffic Density on 'A' Class Roads
- Route Specific Growth
3 Cambridge City (88Kb)
- Introduction
- River Cam Screenline
- Cambridge Radial Cordon
- Park and Ride
4 Town Monitoring (282Kb)
- Introduction
- St. Neots
- Huntingdon
- St. Ives
- Wisbech
- March
- Ely
- Chatteris
- Ramsey
- Whittlesey
5 Urban Area Comparison (23Kb)
- Vehicles Entering and Leaving Cambridge and the Nine Towns
6 Continuous Traffic Information (136Kb)
- Introduction
- Rural Traffic
- Cambridge
- Monthly Variation
- Daily Variation
- Traffic Flow Conversion Factors
7 Cycle Monitoring (14Kb)
- Growth in cycling
- Journey to work by pedal cycle
8 The Busway (27Kb)
- Introduction
- Passenger journeys
- Cars using the park and ride car parks
- Cyclists and pedestrians using the Busway maintenance track
- Motor vehicles entering and leaving Cambridge
- Changes in traffic on the A14
Appendix 1 - Definitions (11Kb)
Appendix 2 - Traffic Flows (85Kb)