Traffic Volume Survey and Traffic Count Project Overview MAG has produced traffic count maps every couple of years since 1974. The last regional traffic volume survey was conducted in 1998. A count map was produced from this data in 1999. The goal of the MAG traffic count program is to have at least one traffic count for approximately every other mile section of an arterial roadway in the MAG urbanized area. The latest traffic counts were collected during 2002 and 2003. MAG had determined locations where counts from member agencies can be used in the traffic count database. Traffic counts not being done by MAG member agencies were collected by the MAG consultant, Traffic Research and Analysis Inc. (TRA). The data source includes MAG, city of Phoenix, city of Mesa, city of Tempe, city of Peoria, Maricopa County DOT, city of Scottsdale, and ADOT. Our long-range plan is to collect traffic volumes at the same locations every two years and provide this information on the MAG web site. Most of the counts were taken on a typical weekday, such as Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The duration of the counts is 48 hour. The recording intervals were 15-minute. The counts were taken at midway between arterial streets. For 60 locations, classification counts were collected. Back to Project Page