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Wyoming road age and traffic volume estimated with machine learning and graph theory

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1986
End Date
2020

Citation

Inman, R.D., Robb, B.S., O'Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Holloran, M.J., and Aldridge, C.L., 2024, Wyoming road age and traffic volume estimated with machine learning and graph theory: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P137JNBY.

Summary

We provide a roads dataset that includes the spatial location of roads, the estimated age of each road, and the predicted traffic volume of each road between 1986 and 2020 in Wyoming, USA. Our annual estimates of traffic volume are available for each road and include estimates for all vehicles and truck only traffic. Moreover, we provide the estimated age of each road, where a minimum value of 1986 indicates that the road existed in 1986, and any later year indicates the most likely year that road was developed. This dataset will be beneficial for any research focused on the mechanistic effects of road traffic on wildlife populations. Our roads dataset is based on a comprehensive inventory of paved and unpaved roads in Wyoming of 2015 [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Rich D Inman, U.S. Geological Survey, ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Originator :
Rich D Inman, Benjamin S. Robb, Michael S O'Donnell, David R Edmunds, Matthew J. Holloran, Cameron L Aldridge
Publisher :
GS ScienceBase
Metadata Contact :
FORT Data Management
SDC Contact Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Inman_etal_2024_RoadTrafficMetaData.xml
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View 		231.23 KB application/fgdc+xml
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FORT_Roads_Age_Traffic.prj 471 Bytes text/plain
FORT_Roads_Age_Traffic.shp 63.63 MB x-gis/x-shapefile
FORT_Roads_Age_Traffic.shx 2.24 MB x-gis/x-shapefile

Purpose

On terrestrial landscapes, roads and associated traffic are a pervasive disturbance to wildlife. Yet, the age of road infrastructure and associated traffic volumes are often overlooked in ecology. Our derived dataset includes the estimated ages and traffic volumes of the road network in Wyoming, USA. This dataset can be useful to studies interested in time-series of road densities and traffic volumes throughout Wyoming. Ages of roads are available between 1986 to 2015 (when the roads layer was digitized). Traffic volumes are available between 1986 to 2020. Such data can be useful to wildlife studies interested in the mechanistic effects of traffic over time.

Rights

This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P137JNBY

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