Traffic & Transport
Traffic and Parking Data Collection
Traffic and parking data collection gathers the counts and surveys — turning movements, volumes, parking occupancy — that reliable transport analysis depends on.
What it is
Traffic and parking data collection is the gathering of the real-world numbers behind any transport study — intersection turning-movement counts, traffic volumes and speeds, parking occupancy and duration surveys, pedestrian and cyclist counts, and queue or travel-time observations. Good analysis rests on good data; this is the service that supplies it, whether as a stand-alone survey or as the foundation for a larger assessment.
When you need it
You need it whenever a study, a design or a decision needs current, site-specific data: to support a traffic impact assessment or parking assessment, to establish existing conditions before a change, to calibrate a model, or to investigate a problem (congestion, parking pressure, a safety concern). It's often the practical first step on a project.
Who requires it
Councils, developers, planners, other consultancies and asset owners all need reliable data — sometimes as an input they commission from us directly, sometimes as part of a broader study we're delivering.
What Arcvia assesses
We scope the right data for your question — count type and locations, survey periods (peak, day, week), and method — then arrange collection and turn the raw data into clean, usable outputs: turning-movement diagrams, volume and speed summaries, parking occupancy and turnover profiles, and any derived measures your analysis needs.
What you receive
Clean, clearly presented survey data — tables, diagrams and summaries — suitable to drop straight into an assessment or model, with a short note on method and any caveats. Where you want it, we interpret what the data means for your project.
Standards, guidelines & authorities
Surveys follow recognised traffic-survey practice and the count types and periods that the relevant assessment guidance and authorities expect (for example, appropriate peak-period turning counts for intersection analysis). We confirm the survey specification at scoping.
Information we need for your fee proposal
What you're trying to find out (or the study it supports); the locations; the count/survey types you think you need (or we'll advise); the periods of interest; and your timeframe.
Our process
- Scoping — define the data question and specification.
- Fee proposal — scope and fee in writing.
- Collection — arrange and manage the surveys.
- Processing — clean, summarise and present the data.
- Handover/interpretation — deliver outputs, and interpret where engaged to.
Frequently asked questions
It's a count of how many vehicles make each movement through an intersection (each turn and through-movement), usually during peak periods. It's the core input for intersection capacity analysis and for many traffic impact assessments.
It depends on what you need to capture — typically during representative peak periods, avoiding school holidays, public holidays and atypical events unless those are specifically what you're studying. We advise the right timing so the data genuinely represents normal conditions.
Yes. We provide data collection as a stand-alone service — clean, usable outputs you or another consultant can take forward — as well as within our larger assessments.
Yes — parking occupancy and duration (turnover) surveys tell you how full a car park or street gets and how long vehicles stay, which underpins parking demand assessments and management plans. We scope the survey to answer your specific parking question.
Related services
- Traffic Modelling and MicrosimulationTraffic modelling and microsimulation predict how intersections and networks will perform — from a single intersection in SIDRA to a whole corridor in microsimulation.
- Traffic Impact Assessments (TIA)A traffic impact assessment is an engineering report that shows how a proposed development will affect the surrounding road network — and what, if anything, is needed to make it work safely.
- Car-Parking Demand AssessmentsA car-parking demand assessment works out how much parking your development actually needs — and provides the evidence to support a rate different from the standard planning requirement.
Sectors & locations
Servicing Victoria and Queensland.
Representative work
Have a project that needs a clear way forward?
Tell us what you need to measure and we'll set out the survey scope and fee in writing.