The results of a 24-hour traffic count study conducted in April in The Woodlands area were discussed during The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation Education Council meeting Sept. 7.

Commissioned by The Woodlands Development Company and conducted by Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc., a Houston-based consulting firm, the annual study revealed which Woodlands-area roadways saw an increase in traffic from 2017 and which experienced a decrease.

Based on the 24-hour, bi-directional study, the following roadways experienced the biggest increase in vehicles per day, compared to data collected in April 2017:

• College Park Drive south of FM 1488 experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 17.44 percent.
• College Park Drive east of Gosling Road experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 11.40 percent.
• Gosling Road south of Woodlands Parkway experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 12.57 percent.
• Grogans Mill Road south of Research Forest Drive experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 22.39 percent.
• Research Forest Drive west of I-45 experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 16.59 percent.
• Six Pines Drive south of Lake Woodlands Drive experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 47.34 percent.
• Lake Woodlands Drive west of I-45 experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 19.20 percent.
• I-45 mainlanes south of Woodlands Parkway experienced an increase in vehicles per day of 22.87 percent.

To view the study’s findings on other roadways in The Woodlands area, see the map below.

Key
Red: Increase in vehicles per day of more than 10 percent compared to April 2017
Yellow: Increase in vehicles per day of 10 percent or less compared to April 2017
Green: Decrease in vehicles per day of any percentage compared to April 2017
VPD: vehicles per day



Sources: BGE, Inc., The Woodlands Development Company/Community Impact Newspaper