Traffic occupancy without the numberwang

2021-07-19 12:36 PM | Admin (Administrator)

During VALID's recent UK Summer tree risk training tour, I popped into Dunham Massey to check out the magnificent trees. Whilst walking amongst the Limes and Beech on the northern boundary, this is the sound of the traffic passing by.

Traffic Occupancy | High

I can't see the traffic because of the boundary wall, but I know the Likelihood of Occupancy on Smithy Lane (B5160) is High just by the sound.

The rhythm of this traffic is on average in the middle of High. Of course, traffic is messy and it pulses both higher and lower than the average during the one and half minutes of the recording, and during the day. But one of the many benefits of VALID is we've had a tame mathematician do the clever stuff and render complex traffic numberwang into easy to understand decision-making.

High Traffic Occupancy

When you're a Validator, you'll have been calibrated so that you can make the O for Occupancy decisions for Very High, High, and Moderate based on what you can see (or hear) whilst you're on site.

You make this decision in the time it takes you to walk to the tree. You make it with your (calibrated) gut and it's effortless.

You're not expected to do any numberwang.

Or try to find traffic data that might not exist.

Or label it with a word that gives the illusion of communication and is open to interpretation.

If you're not sure about the Occupancy, then all you need to do is ask on the website's Community page and we'll tell you.

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