Resource Library
We know traffic monitoring is a sophisticated task. We’re here to help.
Have a look through the following documentation, check out our video tutorials or get in touch.
Product Brochures
A review of MetroCount solutions for counting and monitoring vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
Traffic Analysis Guides
These guidebooks are recommended to MTE users, but also to those that want to learn more about certain traffic statistics and metrics.
Getting Started with MTE®
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Get familiarised with the MTE software, from installation to producing your first traffic report.
The 85th Percentile Speed
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Defining the 85th percentile speed and discussing its effects on free-flowing traffic and congestion.
Traffic Gap Analysis
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Defining gap acceptance and the critical gap. Demonstrating how to measure traffic gaps with MetroCount data.
Speed Accuracy in MTE®
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Learn how our tube counters deal with collecting accurate speed values: Timing Resolution, Random and Systematic Errors, Calibration.
Speed Bins and Factors
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The benefits of working with speed bins; delimiting bins, bin multipliers and establishing a site’s speed rating.
MTE® Site Lists
462 KB
Learn how to use Site Lists to build a database of survey locations and simplify your field operations.
Custom List Reports
700 KB
Overview of how to create Custom List templates/reports in MTE and how to export them to Excel.
Road Safety & Enforcement
647 KB
A rundown of the most useful analyses when looking to improve road safety: speed bins, school zones, hazard ranking and monetary value.
Report Profiles in MTE®
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Grasp data filtering in MTE, from basic to advanced Profile settings. Learn how to copy, save, and load Profiles.
Time Based Plots
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Build snapshots of your traffic dataset. Customise your analysis, parameters and rendering options.
Independent Studies
Over the years, our counters have been tested by plenty of independent organisations, proving over and over their superior accuracy (±99%).
MetroCount Environmental Testing
Examining the performance of RoadPod® VT, under 12 to 24h simulation, at 60°C, -10°C, and "room temperature".
MRWA Vehicle Classification Test
Testing the vehicle classification accuracy of MetroCount's product
Accuracy of Traffic Detection Devices on Two- and Four-Lane Arterials
Evaluating the performance of commonly used traffic data collection systems within the Fargo-Moorhead urban area.
Development of a Statewide Model for Heavy Truck Freight Movement.
Using tube counter data to predict future freight traffic on selected roads; comparing the reliability of the RoadPod system with similar products.
Validating the RidePod® BP installation on Albert St, East Melbourne
Assessing whether motor traffic in the adjacent traffic lanes interferes with the piezoelectric monitoring system.