Case note

Directional traffic volume for every Victorian road

A statewide exposure layer built from open data, with the disagreements between sources published.

Scale

The numbers

1,267,052road sections (Vicmap)
3evidence tiers: measured, intersection, modelled
~71 bnvehicle-km closed to a documented envelope
Bothdirections estimated
Method

Three tiers, one envelope

Measured counts are used where they exist; signal-intersection evidence fills the urban network; a model covers the rest. The statewide total is checked against an independent vehicle-km envelope so the layer cannot quietly inflate or shrink.

Integrity

Official volumes are not a single truth

Comparing count stations, tubes and published volumes showed they disagree by more than many accuracy targets assume. We published that disagreement table, so any accuracy claim is honestly scoped.

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