{"id":5900,"date":"2026-03-25T17:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/?page_id=5900"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:40:14","slug":"vehicular-traffic-volume-in-nct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/dashboards\/vehicular-traffic-volume-in-nct\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicular Traffic Volume in NCT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vehicular Traffic Volume in NCT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Big data pattern to know<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2024 and 2025 values are identical for every county<\/strong>&nbsp;in the file.<br>So, in your dashboard, switching&nbsp;<strong>Year = 2024 vs 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;will not change the Traffic Volume map\/trend (unless you\u2019re using a different dataset behind the scenes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023 values are much higher and more spread out<\/strong>&nbsp;than 2024\/2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023 snapshot (highest volumes + lowest volumes)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 5 counties (highest Traffic Volume, 2023):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dallas County \u2014 911.92<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tarrant County \u2014 613.37<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Denton County \u2014 442.55<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collin County \u2014 416.68<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rockwall County \u2014 231.87<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom 5 counties (lowest Traffic Volume, 2023):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jack County \u2014 22.20<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Palo Pinto County \u2014 58.65<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comanche County \u2014 58.68<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eastland County \u2014 58.93<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wise County \u2014 64.41<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What this means:<\/strong>&nbsp;In 2023, a few large metro counties (Dallas\/Tarrant\/Denton\/Collin) dominate traffic activity, while smaller\/rural counties sit far lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024 snapshot (and 2025 is the same)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 5 counties (highest Traffic Volume, 2024\/2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dallas County \u2014 247.92<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tarrant County \u2014 156.29<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collin County \u2014 140.65<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Denton County \u2014 118.66<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rockwall County \u2014 63.41<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom 5 counties (lowest Traffic Volume, 2024\/2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jack County \u2014 7.49<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comanche County \u2014 15.27<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eastland County \u2014 17.55<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Somervell County \u2014 18.03<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bosque County \u2014 18.41<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What this means:<\/strong>&nbsp;The ranking pattern stays similar (Dallas\/Tarrant\/Collin\/Denton still highest), but the overall scale is much lower than 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trend insight (2023 \u2192 2024\/2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Every county shows a&nbsp;<strong>drop<\/strong>&nbsp;from 2023 to 2024 (in this file), roughly&nbsp;<strong>~55% to ~77% lower<\/strong>, depending on the county.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>largest drops<\/strong>&nbsp;are in counties like&nbsp;<strong>Somervell, Tarrant, Stephens, Comanche, Hunt<\/strong>&nbsp;(around mid-70% decreases).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>smallest drop<\/strong>&nbsp;among counties is&nbsp;<strong>Erath<\/strong>&nbsp;(still a big decrease, ~55%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best way to phrase this on the dashboard:<\/strong><br>\u201cTraffic Volume shows a major shift between 2023 and 2024\/2025 in the source data; 2024 and 2025 are identical in the current extract.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic Volume compares how traffic activity varies across&nbsp;<strong>24 North Central Texas counties<\/strong>&nbsp;over&nbsp;<strong>2023\u20132025<\/strong>. The map highlights strong concentration in the region\u2019s largest counties\u2014<strong>Dallas and Tarrant consistently lead<\/strong>, followed by&nbsp;<strong>Collin and Denton<\/strong>, while smaller rural counties such as&nbsp;<strong>Jack and Comanche<\/strong>&nbsp;remain among the lowest. The data also shows a clear structural shift:&nbsp;<strong>2023 values are much higher and more dispersed<\/strong>, while&nbsp;<strong>2024 and 2025 match exactly in the current dataset<\/strong>, meaning year-to-year movement after 2023 is flat for this measure in the published extract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"module\" src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/tableau.embedding.3.latest.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n<section aria-labelledby=\"traffic-dashboard-title\" aria-describedby=\"traffic-dashboard-desc\">\n  <h2 id=\"traffic-dashboard-title\">Traffic Volume Dashboard<\/h2>\n  <p id=\"traffic-dashboard-desc\">\n    Interactive dashboard showing traffic volume trends. Use the controls in the visualization to filter and explore the data.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <tableau-viz\n    id=\"trafficDashboard\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/TrafficVolumeDashboard_17739447196890\/TrafficVolumeDashboard?:showVizHome=no\"\n    toolbar=\"bottom\"\n    hide-tabs\n    style=\"width: 100%; min-height: 700px;\">\n  <\/tableau-viz>\n\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/TrafficVolumeDashboard_17739447196890\/TrafficVolumeDashboard?:showVizHome=no\">\n      Open the dashboard directly\n    <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicular Traffic Volume in NCT Big data pattern to know 2023 snapshot (highest volumes + lowest volumes) Top 5 counties (highest Traffic Volume, 2023): Bottom 5 counties (lowest Traffic Volume, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":689,"featured_media":0,"parent":3625,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/author\/bkurdle\/","display_name":"Webmaster"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 month ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 25, 2026","modified":"Updated on April 20, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 25, 2026 5:37 pm","modified":"Updated on April 20, 2026 1:40 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5924,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5900\/revisions\/5924"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}