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Transportation Defined: Loops

Transportation Defined: Loops

February 1, 2012

There's a lot of useful information to be obtained from our roadways and loops help ADOT collect some of that data.

Loops are detectors embedded in the roadway to detect vehicle movement. These devices permit ADOT to determine traffic counts, density and vehicle speed.

This information helps traffic engineers make decisions and feeds ADOT AZ511.gov.

See also PADS.

Transportation Defined is a series of explanatory blog posts designed to define the things you see on your everyday commute. Let us know if there's something you'd like to see explained ... leave a comment here on the blog or over on our Facebook page!

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