Special Origin and Destination Study Ida County prepared by Traffic and Highway Planning Department, Iowa State Highway Commission, September 1966

In September of 1966, all vehicle drivers traveling on two north south roads in Ida County were interviewed to collect the specific travel information included in this study. All drivers using County Trunk "M" were intercepted at a point in Section 21, T-81N, R-41W, northwest of Battle Creek on September 13, 1966. This point is referred to as "Station# 1 11 throughout the report. Drivers using County Trunk "G" were intercepted at "Station# 2" located along the west line of Section 12, T-87N, R-41W on September 14, 1966. During a sixteen-hour period from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., drivers were asked the origin, destination and purpose of the trip. Also recorded were the direction of travel, vehicle type, state of registration, county of registration for Iowa vehicles, and the number of occupants. Automatic traffic recorders were operated for an extended period to collect additional data used in expanding the sixteen-hour samples to represent average 24-hour 1966 Fall weekday traffic volumes. The data obtained in the study are presented in charts and tables included in this report