Counting Vehicles on MBBS RoutesThe objective in counting vehicles at each stop is to produce information about
ProcedureA simple way to estimate human activity is to count the number of vehicles during a three-minute period at each stop. Usually you can count vehicles during the same three minutes you count birds. Any contraption moving on the ground with a motor counts as a vehicle! If you extend the three minutes for counting birds to compensate for heavy traffic, do not make an extension for the traffic. Instead just count vehicles during the first three minutes -- whether or not the traffic is heavy! If things are happening fast (lots of birds, lots of traffic), then the birds come first! Count the birds the best you can -- and estimate (guess) the number of vehicles the best you can.
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