{"id":4639,"date":"2025-09-09T16:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/3-proven-methods-for-counting-traffic-flows\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:43:31","slug":"3-proven-methods-for-counting-traffic-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/3-proven-methods-for-counting-traffic-flows\/","title":{"rendered":"3 proven methods for counting traffic flows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you a local authority looking to launch a mobility survey?<br>A transport operator seeking to better understand the layout and performance of your services?<br>Do you manage a public venue and want to optimize your visitors\u2019 journey?<br>Do you need a study on traffic flows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several methods for accurately counting flows of people or vehicles.<br>At MV2, we group them into three main categories, to be used depending on the population being studied and the objectives of the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bf1fd80 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fc2f04557da9a587e325dbbb1d5cbcb2\" style=\"color:#bb1124\">Manual vehicle or passenger counts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a quantitative survey that is simple to design but more complex to implement in the field. Our approach differs depending on whether we are counting road traffic (vehicles) or people arriving at a specific location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on your study\u2019s objectives, we conduct boarding\/alighting counts, entry\/exit counts, and select the appropriate locations for measuring flows (train stations, stops, platforms, highways, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For these surveys, we use mechanical counters and 4G tablets with geolocation and timestamping to provide you with real-time data.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bf1fd80 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-32809d5b33c26b31dd92199274f61fce\" style=\"color:#bb1124\">Origin\u2013destination surveys: a questionnaire designed to capture every mode of transport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of this type of study is to understand the travel habits of a specific population. Widely used in mobility research, it must take into account new multimodal behaviors \u2014 from cycling to public transport to private cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To achieve this, we design transport questionnaires tailored to your objectives and distribute them to reach your target population.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bf1fd80 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c35bfb3fd92420a9377fcb8be3fc7cdd\" style=\"color:#bb1124\">Studying flows within a specific space<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shopping centers, train stations, public services\u2026 Managing the movement of people within a building is a key issue for improving service efficiency \u2014 and safety.<br>For this type of study, we measure incoming and outgoing flows and identify areas of dispersion and attraction depending on the time of day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For greater precision, we can complement simple or directional counting with a survey designed to better understand your visitors\u2019 travel habits and expectations.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a local authority looking to launch a mobility survey?A transport operator seeking to better understand the layout and performance of your services?Do you manage a public venue and want to optimize your visitors\u2019 journey?Do you need a study on traffic flows? There are several methods for accurately counting flows of people or vehicles.At MV2, we group them into three main categories, to be used depending on the population being studied and the objectives of the survey. Manual vehicle or passenger counts This is a quantitative survey that is simple to design but more complex to implement in the field. Our approach differs depending on whether we are counting road traffic (vehicles) or people arriving at a specific location. Depending on your study\u2019s objectives, we conduct boarding\/alighting counts, entry\/exit counts, and select the appropriate locations for measuring flows (train stations, stops, platforms, highways, etc.). For these surveys, we use mechanical counters and 4G tablets with geolocation and timestamping to provide you with real-time data. Origin\u2013destination surveys: a questionnaire designed to capture every mode of transport The purpose of this type of study is to understand the travel habits of a specific population. Widely used in mobility research, it must take into account new multimodal behaviors \u2014 from cycling to public transport to private cars. To achieve this, we design transport questionnaires tailored to your objectives and distribute them to reach your target population. Studying flows within a specific space Shopping centers, train stations, public services\u2026 Managing the movement of people within a building is a key issue for improving service efficiency \u2014 and safety.For this type of study, we measure incoming and outgoing flows and identify areas of dispersion and attraction depending on the time of day. For greater precision, we can complement simple or directional counting with a survey designed to better understand your visitors\u2019 travel habits and expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4925,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions\/4925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mv2group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}