Hamburg traffic counting stations

The dataset contains all traffic counting points in Hamburg for motor vehicles, bicycles and foot traffic. A distinction is made between permanent counters, annual counters, levels and demand counters. At ‘permanent counting points’, motor vehicle traffic is automatically recorded by means of induction loops 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. At ‘Annual census points’, up to and including 2020, traffic was usually recorded at least once a year from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., usually by means of a manual traffic census. Since 2021, these manual traffic counts have largely been replaced by the use of infrared sensors. ‘Levels’ are derived from the permanent counting points and from the annual counting points, at which the average daily traffic volumes (DTV, DTVw) determined for each year are included in the traffic statistics (observation of the long-term traffic development). At ‘demand counting points’, traffic is recorded irregularly and exclusively on an ad hoc basis (e.g. in connection with traffic planning or investigations), usually by manual traffic counting, usually from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The content of the data is the census number, the location description and the date of the last census. The results of the censuses (traffic strengths) are not published via this service. For the research of traffic strengths, the services can be used under the keyword search "traffic strength". With the transfer of the Bundesautobahnen and Bundesstraßen Freie Strecke to the Autobahn GmbH of the Federal Government on 1 January 2021, the counting data for these routes will no longer be published by the BVM.