Parsons wins UK traffic census contract

Consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff is now carrying out National Road Traffic Census counts across England, Scotland and Wales on behalf of the Department for Transport. This contract almost doubles the company’s previous activity in this area and it will now be managing 1,500 people to undertake over 6,000 traffic count surveys/year. The company is also introducing new le technology to this role and will be trialling a new in-house traffic survey iPad ‘app’. The firm is working closely with the Department for
April 11, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
Consultant 2693 Parsons Brinckerhoff is now carrying out National Road Traffic Census counts across England, Scotland and Wales on behalf of the 5432 Department for Transport. This contract almost doubles the company’s previous activity in this area and it will now be managing 1,500 people to undertake over 6,000 traffic count surveys/year. The company is also introducing new le technology to this role and will be trialling a new in-house traffic survey iPad ‘app’. The firm is working closely with the Department for Transport to develop a new data analysis tool to perform stringent checks on the data collected. This data is used to inform business plan indicators, local area scheme assessments, transport policy decisions and environmental statistics to monitor progress towards national and international targets. It is also used to allocate funding to local authorities. Parsons Brinckerhoff’s contract will run for 2 years but is extendable for up to a further 2 years.

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