Validación de los resultados para la obtención del Tráfico Promedio Diario Anual (TPDA) mediante el conteo automático y conteo manual, en la vía Camino a la Rincinada, barrio Jardines del Occidente, en la parroquia Chillogallo, cantón Quito, provincia Pichincha

Abstract

This titling project focused on the validation of the results obtained to calculate the Annual Average Daily Traffic (TPDA) through automatic counts and manual counts on the “Camino a la Rincinada” road, located in the Jardines del Oeste neighborhood, Chillogallo parish, Quito canton. For the automatic counting, it was carried out with a pneumatic type counter named ROADPOD VT-5900, which was installed in a section of the road equipped with two sensors that were installed transversally on the surface, the gauging time was during the seven days a week for 24 hours a day. On the other hand, in the manual count, data was recorded for four days of the week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) in periods of 12 hours a day, where different vehicular flow occurred. Both methods demonstrated high precision in obtaining the TPDA when comparing results, thus demonstrating the efficiency of the equipment and having a slight advantage in terms of reducing the workload on observers with respect to manual counting. The results suggest that both methods are reliable for the collection of flows or vehicle data, since there was a small discrepancy in the counting error calculation for light and heavy vehicles.