The study was supported by the City of Midland. This study included a corridor-wide data collection effort, review of traffic data, development of a traffic model and development of alternatives which met the project purpose. The US-10 Business Route (BR) Corridor Study was commissioned by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Who was responsible for initiating the US 10 Corridor Study in 2015? This reduction results in a corridor that is overbuilt for current and forecasted future needs. are down 28% from where they were 30 years ago. In fact, traffic volumes during the roads’ peak rush hour - between 7-8 a.m. As staffing levels have changed, and access routes have shifted into the industrial park, volumes during peak times has greatly decreased on Buttles and Indian Streets. This resulted in some very impactful trade-offs that weren’t all positiveĪdditionally, local traffic on Indian and Buttles during the 1950s - 1980s was heavily influenced by shift changes at the area’s manufacturing employers. While this approach - called “Motordom” - was efficient for vehicles, it had little to no regard for the impact that those roads would have on the surrounding neighborhoods. In 1962, the change was made to the 2 three-lane one-ways of Indian and Buttles Streetsĭuring the mid-century, traffic planners and road designers had one main goal: move as many vehicles through communities as quickly as possible with the only consideration given to cars. Prior to 1962, Ellsworth Street served as the primary route through Downtown Midland. AADT applies the factors developed by MDOT that takes into consideration high and low seasonal and daily traffic patterns to arrive at a more representative “annual” traffic count for the selected roadway segment.įor more information about the Metro Area Traffic Counting Program please contact Jackson MPO Staff, by email at or by phone at (601)-981-1511.Why are there three lanes now? If they were needed before, why aren’t they needed now?Ī traffic study conducted by MDOT in 1959 proposed the idea of 2 one-way streets to relocate the main thoroughfare that then passed through downtown. Average Daily Traffic (ADT) count data is a snapshot of the actual day, week and month the data was collected. The factors used are provided to the MPO and developed by the MDOT. This means that the raw data is collected over a 48 hour period and traffic adjustment factors are applied to that data to arrive at an “annual” average daily traffic count total. Traffic count data shown in the viewer are Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts. Due to each county being counted every third year estimates are developed for the interim years in which traffic count data is not collected for a particular traffic segment in the corresponding county. Every third year the data collection process occurs in one of the aforementioned counties. Traffic count data for the JUA is collected on a three (3) year cyclical basis in Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties. The Jackson MPO’s traffic count viewer, link at bottom of this page, provides traffic count data collected by the MDOT and the Jackson MPO.
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The collected traffic count data is used by the MPO in the development of a number of transportation planning activities including the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Congestion Management Process and Pavement Management System.
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The Jackson MPO works cooperatively with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to collect traffic count data for all state and non-state maintained roadways that are part of the functional class system in the Jackson Urbanized Area (JUA).