This data set is a list of daily vehicle counts, in each direction, taken at the weigh-in-motion (WIM) stations operated by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) during the 2013 calendar year. Daily totals by direction are provided, as well as totals in each of 13 vehicle-type classes, and latitude-longitude locations of each station.
This dataset has the following 22 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station | station | number | DOT station number of the weigh in motion site | 6340 1281 7181 5183 6282 view top 100 |
| Route | route | text | Route name or number where the station is located | I-81 I-86 I-84 NY185 NY328 view top 100 |
| Lanes | lanes | number | The total number of lanes in both directions | 4 2 6 5 8 view top 100 |
| Months Used | months_used | text | The number of months included in the count based on the total number of weekdays the data was collected. Generally, only months with at least ten weekdays or two weeks of data are included. | Jan-Dec Jan-Nov Jan-Aug, Oct-Dec Feb-Dec Jan-Oct view top 100 |
| Count Date | count_date | calendar_date | The date the data was collected. Only weekdays (Mon-Fri) were used, and any date where the station failed to collect valid data (due to malfunctions, maintenance, etc.) was discarded. | 2013-04-04T00:00:00.000 2013-06-26T00:00:00.000 2013-04-08T00:00:00.000 2013-08-23T00:00:00.000 2013-06-03T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Direction | direction | text | The principal direction of traffic on the route (for example, north on a north-south road, east on an east-west road). | NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST view top 100 |
| Class 1 | class1 | number | The total number of motorcycles detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. Motorcycles include all two- and three-wheeled vehicles. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Class 2 | class2 | number | The total number of passenger vehicles detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. Passenger vehicles always have two axles, and may pull a one- or two-axle trailer. | 1804 1013 1081 1061 1335 view top 100 |
| Class 3 | class3 | number | The total number of pickups, panels, and vans detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. These vehicles are larger than passenger vehicles, always have two axles, and may pull a one- or two-axle trailer. | 372 324 348 408 449 view top 100 |
| Class 4 | class4 | number | The total number of buses detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. Buses may have two or three axles. | 0 1 2 3 6 view top 100 |
| Class 5 | class5 | number | The total number of single-unit, two-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. These vehicles typically have dual-rear wheels. These vehicles do not have trailers. | 20 21 19 17 18 view top 100 |
| Class 6 | class6 | number | The total number of single-unit, three-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. These vehicles do not have trailers. | 8 7 13 9 10 view top 100 |
| Class 7 | class7 | number | The total number of single-unit, four-or-more-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. These vehicles do not have trailers. | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Class 8 | class8 | number | The total number of single-trailer, three- or four-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. | 13 10 9 11 15 view top 100 |
| Class 9 | class9 | number | The total number of single-trailer, five-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. These trucks (“18 wheelers”) are those most commonly used for long-distance road transport, and therefore are the main focus of NYSDOT’s weigh in motion program. | 25 29 24 31 26 view top 100 |
| Class 10 | class10 | number | The total number of single-trailer, six-or-more-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. | 0 1 10 12 14 view top 100 |
| Class 11 | class11 | number | The total number of multi-trailer, four- or five-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Class 12 | class12 | number | The total number of multi-trailer, six-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Class 13 | class13 | number | The total number of multi-trailer, seven-or-more-axle trucks detected at the station, on the given day, in the given direction. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | The latitude of the station, in degrees north of the equator. | 42.44364 44.01323 44.99967 42.05028 42.19069 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | The longitude of the station, in degrees west of the Prime Meridian. | -76.8326 -78.3395 -73.4204 -76.9079 -73.361 view top 100 |
| Location 1 | location_1 | location | view top 100 |