Longer term Scoot data for the sensors covered by FOI request FOI-0172-2122
Request ID: FOI-0585-2122 Date published: 01 July 2021
You asked
The Scoot data provided in answer to another correspondent in request FOI-0172-2122 went back to the start of 2019. Please could you supply similar data for at least the preceding five years if it is obtainable, so that changes over time can also be deduced from the data. Also, if it is possible to get more recent data given the time that has passed.
In case it saves time, the locations in that request were:
- Uxbridge Road/Lower Boston Road junction (N27/043, N27/043a, N27/043b, N27/043d)
- Uxbridge Road/Hanger Lane (N27/011, N27/011d, N27/011b, N27/011c, N27/011a)
- Uxbridge Rd/Eccleston Rd (N27/026, N27/026a, N27/026b, N27/026d)
- Uxbridge Rd/Northfield avenue/Drayton Green (N27/020, N27/020a, N27/020b, N27/020d, N27/020e)
Could you please also include an exported list of scoot sensors available in W5, W13, and W7 (I'm happy to provide these request details in another format - LatLongs or other if it simplifies this task)
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0585-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20th June 2021 asking for Scoot data for Uxbridge Road. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“The Scoot data provided in answer to another correspondent in request FOI-0172-2122 went back to the start of 2019. Please could you supply similar data for at least the preceding five years if it is obtainable, so that changes over time can also be deduced from the data. Also, if it is possible to get more recent data given the time that has passed.
In case it saves time, the locations in that request were:
Could you please also include an exported list of scoot sensors available in W5, W13, and W7 (I'm happy to provide these request details in another format - LatLongs or other if it simplifies this task)
Please find attached the requested information. The following provides an explanation of what each column refers to within the first spreadsheet:
SCOOTLinkID – Refers to the SCOOT Link ID
LinkDescription – A brief description of the location of the Link typically by road name
NodeDescription – A brief description of the Location of the Junction typically by road name
Latitude
Longitude
Date – The date of the data
TwentyFourHourVehicleFlowTotal – The total flow observed within a 24 hour period across all links approaching the junction
FlowDataCompletenessPercentage – Refers to the availability of data; 100% is a complete dataset.
AverageCongestionPercentage – The average congestion within a 24 hour period across all links approaching the junction
CongestionDataCompletenessPercentage – Refers to the availability of data; 100% is a complete dataset
Please note that SCOOT Flow may differ from other validated counts as the SCOOT system utilises loop occupancy as it primary source of data, which is then modelled into a flow count via an average occupancy per vehicle. This is often sensitive to over or under saturation for example, when vehicles are sat over the detector for a long period of time such as in congestion queuing at the lights. The detectors are often sited at a distance from the junction where this is minimised, but sometimes - especially when junctions are close together - this issue is exaggerated. Therefore SCOOT Flow should be used more to generalise trend of demands and not actual counts.
SCOOT congestion is defined as the number of consecutive congested intervals in a cycle. It is expressed as a proportion of the cycle time. (A congested interval is fully defined as: An interval where any detector on the link has a full interval (detector operated continuously over the four-second interval) and the back of queue is greater than half the maximum or, alternatively, where more than one detector has a full interval.)
The data provided here is given as recorded and we are not able to validate this data
All shown detectors are inductive loops unless otherwise stated.
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
