Traffic Volumes - Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts

The City of Toronto's Transportation Services Division collects short-term traffic count data across the City on an ad-hoc basis to support a variety of safety initiatives and projects. The data available in this repository are a full collection of Speed, Volume and Classification Counts conducted across the City since 1993. The two most common types of short-term traffic counts are Turning Movement Counts and Speed / Volume / Classification Counts. *[Turning Movement Count data, comprised of motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian movements through intersections, can be found here](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/traffic-volumes-at-intersections-for-all-modes/).* Speed / Volume / Classification Counts are collected using pneumatic rubber tubes installed across the roadway. This dataset is a critical input into transportation safety initiatives, infrastructure design and program design such as speed limit changes, signal coordination studies, traffic calming and complete street designs. Each Speed / Volume / Classification Count is comprised of motor vehicle count data collected over a continuous 24-hour to 168-hour period (1-7 days), at a single location. A handful of non-standard…

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City of Toronto

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24

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2026-09-08