Volume of Users of a Rail Trail

Description

The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) collected data north of Chestnut Street in Florence, MA for ninety days from April 5, 2005 to November 15, 2005. Data collectors set up a laser sensor, with breaks in the laser beam recording when a rail-trail user passed the data collection station.

Usage

data(RailTrail)

Format

A data frame with 90 observations on the following variables.

hightemp

daily high temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit)

lowtemp

daily low temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit)

avgtemp

average of daily low and daily high temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit)

spring

indicator of whether the season was Spring

summer

indicator of whether the season was Summer

fall

indicator of whether the season was Fall

cloudcover

measure of cloud cover (in oktas)

precip

measure of precipitation (in inches)

volume

estimated number of trail users that day (number of breaks recorded)

weekday

logical indicator of whether the day was a non-holiday weekday

dayType

one of "weekday" or "weekend"

Details

There is a potential for error when two users trigger the infrared beam at exactly the same time since the counter would only logs one of the crossings. The collectors left the motion detector out during the winter, but because the counter drops data when the temperature falls below 14 degrees Fahrenheit, there is no data for the cold winter months.

Source

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

References

http://www.fvgreenway.org/pdfs/Northampton-Bikepath-Volume-Counts%20_05_LTA.pdf

Examples

data(RailTrail)