R Dataset / Package mosaicData / RailTrail
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the RailTrail data set which pertains to Volume of Users of a Rail Trail. The RailTrail data set is found in the mosaicData R package. You can load the RailTrail data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("RailTrail"). This will load the data into a variable called RailTrail. If R says the RailTrail data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("mosaicData") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the RailTrail R data set. The size of this file is about 4,032 bytes.
Volume of Users of a Rail Trail
Description
The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) collected data north of Chestnut Street in Florence, MA for ninety days from April 5, 2005 to November 15, 2005. Data collectors set up a laser sensor, with breaks in the laser beam recording when a rail-trail user passed the data collection station.
Usage
data(RailTrail)
Format
A data frame with 90 observations on the following variables.
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hightemp
daily high temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) -
lowtemp
daily low temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) -
avgtemp
average of daily low and daily high temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) -
spring
indicator of whether the season was Spring -
summer
indicator of whether the season was Summer -
fall
indicator of whether the season was Fall -
cloudcover
measure of cloud cover (in oktas) -
precip
measure of precipitation (in inches) -
volume
estimated number of trail users that day (number of breaks recorded) -
weekday
indicator of whether the day was a non-holiday weekday
Details
There is a potential for error when two users trigger the infrared beam at exactly the same time since the counter would only logs one of the crossings. The collectors left the motion detector out during the winter, but because the counter drops data when the temperature falls below 14 degrees Fahrenheit, there is no data for the cold winter months.
Source
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
References
http://www.fvgreenway.org/pdfs/Northampton-Bikepath-Volume-Counts
Examples
data(RailTrail)
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.