Permanent counting point

Permanent counting point with induction loops

A permanent counting station is a permanently operated, automatic counting station for recording the volume of traffic on a street. The counting stations are mainly located on motorways, federal, state and state roads and are operated by the responsible state authorities in Germany, for example. There are also bicycle counting stations on cycle paths.

Detection devices

A high level of accuracy is required when collecting traffic data over a longer period of time. For this reason, permanently installed systems (detectors) are used. The detectors are equipped with a sensor that records the required data and either saves it in the device itself or transmits it to a data center via radio. The following devices are used for continuous traffic counting:

• Induction loops with inductive detection
• Radar, infrared and ultrasonic detectors
• Photocells
• Video systems

The devices record, for example, the number and speed of passing vehicles, their vehicle class and the current time of day. The induction loop is the most widely used type of detector among all recording devices, as a large amount of data is reliably recorded.

evaluation

In Germany, the Federal Highway Research Institute has been publishing the data from the automatic counting stations on federal highways since 2003. The counting stations can automatically differentiate between up to eight types of vehicle . The data collected are used to extrapolate the manual road traffic count to average daily traffic (DTV).

Number of bicycle counting stations in Germany

Bicycle counting system in Heidelberg

Terms such as bicycle counter, bicycle counter, bicycle counting system, bicycle barometer or bike counter are just as frequently used.

• Berlin: 17
• Bremen: 12
• Dresden: 9
• Freiburg: 1
• Heidelberg: 1
• Heilbronn: 1
• Karlsruhe: 1
• Cologne: 12
• Loerrach: 1
• Münster: 9
• Offenburg: 1
• Stuttgart: 2

Web links

• Evaluation of the permanent counting stations in Bavaria ( Memento from November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Evaluation of the permanent counting stations in Baden-Württemberg
• Evaluation of the permanent counting stations in Hessen
• Evaluation of the permanent counting stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
• Automatic permanent counting stations for bicycle traffic in Berlin
• ASFINAG permanent counting stations (motorways and expressways in Austria)
• Bike Count Display Interactive Map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frank Höfler: Transport Practice (Volume 2) . Bauwerk Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-934369-53-7 , p. 11 f .
2. ↑ https://www.bast.de/BASt_2017/DE/Verkehrstechnik/Fachthemen/v2-verkehrszaehler/Verkehrszaehler.html?nn=1823064
3. ↑ Traffic management in Berlin. Accessed September 4, 2019 (German). 
4. ↑ Bike counting stations - Verkehrs Management Zentrale Bremen. Retrieved October 30, 2018 (German). 
5. ↑ Permanent counting stations in the Dresden themed city map. Accessed October 31, 2019 (German). 
6. ^ Badische Zeitung: Inauguration of the bicycle counter at the Wiwili Bridge - Freiburg - fudder.de . ( fudder.de [accessed October 30, 2018]).
7. ↑ City of Heidelberg: heidelberg.de - May 21, 2014 Cyclists are counted. Retrieved October 30, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Heilbronn with a new bicycle counter - STIMME.de. Retrieved October 30, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Karlsruhe: wheelcount at Erbprinzenstraße. Retrieved October 30, 2018 . 
10. ↑ From offices and city districts. Retrieved October 30, 2019 . 
11. ^ Cyclists at the town hall . April 12, 2016 ( agfk-bw.de [accessed October 30, 2018]).
12. ^ City of Münster: Surveys of the volume of bicycle traffic. (German).  
13. ^ "Tax sin" Offenburg bicycle counter . In: News of the Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt . ( bo.de [accessed October 30, 2018]).
14. ↑ https://www.stuttgart.de/fahrradzaehlstellen. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .