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Origin-Destination Traffic Survey—Case Study: Data Analyse for Bacau Municipality

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  • Oana Irimia

    (Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, 600115 Bacău, Romania)

  • Mirela Panaite-Lehadus

    (Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, 600115 Bacău, Romania)

  • Claudia Tomozei

    (Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, 600115 Bacău, Romania)

  • Emilian Mosnegutu

    (Faculty of Engineering, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, 600115 Bacău, Romania)

  • Grzegorz Przydatek

    (Institute of Engineering, Nowy State University of Applied Sciences Sacz Zamenhofa 1a, 33-300 Nowy Sacz, Poland)

Abstract

In order to develop a transport model for the municipality of Bacau, it was necessary to collect data on the current mobility characteristics of people and goods. Traffic data were collected by means of using an origin-destination (O-D) survey. This survey was carried out in the form of a manual traffic census arranged in stations at six points on the entrance sectors of the national roads in the city of Bacau. At the level of the municipality of Bacau, data from a sample of 3040 drivers were used for the origin-destination surveys. The respondents answered 11 questions. The article presents the results obtained from the six control points for seven questions that were considered relevant. The data obtained were initially used to identify, from a percentage and quantitative point of view, the type of traffic specific to the municipality of Bacau. The analysis of the data shows that the majority of vehicles, 78.9%, originate from Bacau County and that 87.2% of those interviewed have Bacau County as their destination. Most vehicles passing through the checkpoints were within the time intervals 7:30–8:30, i.e., 15.55%, and 16:30–17:30, i.e., 16.18%. The highest proportion of registered vehicles were from Romania, 97.99%. Additionally, 40.75% of the respondents were travelling for business purposes, and approximately the same share was found for the number of people in the vehicle; i.e., single occupant vehicles comprised 58.35% of the total vehicles surveyed. Passenger cars accounted for 67.66% of the vehicles. By using the OriginLab software, the aim was to create parallel graphs for each control point in order to identify certain correlations between the data obtained from the questionnaire. At the end of the article, a hierarchical cluster statistical analysis was carried out by using OriginLab, which identified a series of correlations between the analysed parameters.

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  • Oana Irimia & Mirela Panaite-Lehadus & Claudia Tomozei & Emilian Mosnegutu & Grzegorz Przydatek, 2023. "Origin-Destination Traffic Survey—Case Study: Data Analyse for Bacau Municipality," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-19, March.
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