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Speeds (Actual) Collected from KC Transit Access Vans on Freeways and Major Highways

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Summary

Data set was created to improved the accuracy and reliability of Metro Access scheduling systems.

Description

Analysis of actual weekday vehicle speeds along the major highway and freeway corridors within the King County Access service area.

Data is based upon weekdays between Aug 14th, 2012 through Aug 21st, 2012.

Speed and location data was gathered from mobile data computers onboard Metro Access vehicles.

Layer information

Layer Name	freeway_speeds_actual_point
Subject Category	Transportation
Title	Speeds (Actual) Collected from KC Transit Access Vans on Freeways and Major Highways
Feature Count	93807
Feature Type	Point
Next Update	Quarterly
Spatial reference	EPSG:2926
Control ID	1476
Place Keywords	WA, Washington State, Pacific NW, King County
Theme Keywords	Transportation
Supplemental Information	None

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Attribute information

OBJECTID From ESRI	Description Internal feature number. Domain Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Direction From King County	Description Compass direction the Access vehicle was heading Domain E - East N - North NE - Northeast NW - Northwest S - South SE - Southeast SW - Southwest W - West
MsgDate From King County	Description Date of recording Domain Date given as YYYYMMDD
MsgTime From King County	Description Time of recording as seconds past midnight. Domain 14603.0 to 91329.0 by
NAME_R From King County	Description Road segment name associated with collection point Domain Auburn-Echo Lake_East - Auburn-Echo Lake_East segment Auburn-Echo Lake_West - Auburn-Echo Lake_West segment Emergency - Emergency segment I-405 - Interstate 405 segment I-405_Bellevue North - I-405_Bellevue North segment I-405_Bellevue South - I-405_Bellevue South segment I-405_North - I-405_North segment I-405_South - I-405_South segment I-5_Downtown - I-5_Downtown segment I-5_Greenlake - I-5_Greenlake segment I-5_SeaTac - I-5_SeaTac segment I-5_Shoreline - I-5_Shoreline segment I-5_South - I-5_South segment I-90_East - I-90_East segment I-90_Mercer - I-90_Mercer segment SR 167 - SR 167 segment SR 18_Auburn - SR 18_Auburn segment SR 18_Federal Way - SR 18_Federal Way segment SR 509 - SR 509 segment SR 518 - SR 518 segment SR 520_Bridge - SR 520_Bridge segment SR 520_East - SR 520_East segment SR 522 - SR 522 segment SR 99_South - SR 99_South segment SR 99_Viaduct - SR 99_Viaduct segment West Seattle Bridge - West Seattle Bridge segment
Shape From King County	Description Feature geometry. Domain Coordinates defining the features.
SpeedKPH From King County	Description Actual speed of vehicle at this location for timestamp in kilometers per hour Domain 1.61 to 238.72 by
SpeedMPH From King County	Description Actual speed of vehicle at this location for timestamp in miles per hour Domain 1.000293 to 148.316736 by

Contact information

Maintained by	Metro
Primary	Matt Kozleski matt.kozleski@kingcounty.gov

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