Citation

Ugolik WR. Transp. Res. Rec. 1981; 807: 34-39.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

This paper suggests a simplified approach to the problem of estimating annual vehicle miles of travel without the need for extensive vehicle count data. By using detailed data on vehicle miles of travel per highway section of the New York State touring route system, it is shown that when the highway sections are ranked in decreasing order of their section vehicle miles of travel, the vehicle miles of travel of the individual sections can be closely approximated by a function of section rank value. An approximation of the total sum of vehicle miles of travel on all highway sections is then obtained by integrating this function over all the rank values. The approach has potential for use as a forecasting tool. Tests on data for 1968, 1974, and 1976 show that the method can produce surprisingly accurate results.