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To provide an outline for the creation of a nonmotorized count program, MDOT hired the consultant firm Toole Design Group to make recommendations for creating a nonmotorized count program from the ground up.MDOT is currently only capable of collecting short counts on these nonmotorized facilities but is considering options for collecting continuous count data.MDOT is also in the early stages of collecting traffic counts on nonmotorized facilities, such as bike lanes, sidewalks and shared-use paths.The data gathered from continuous counts are used to create factors (seasonal factors for example), which are utilized in a process of normalizing short count data. They are costlier to maintain compared to short counts and are set up in different regions throughout the state to get as much variety in the traffic data collected via continuous counts as possible but provide far more accurate and detailed data compared to short counts. Continuous counts are designed to collect traffic counts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for all 365 days in a year.Short counts are the most common as they are easy to set up and cheap to maintain but only collect snippets (generally over a 48-hour period) of traffic moving through a designated location (where the station is set up).There are two primary types of traffic counts that are used by MDOT: short counts and continuous counts.MDOT collects traffic data, in the form of traffic counts, on all trunkline (federal-aid) roads and works with individual local agencies (cities/villages, counties, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional planning agencies) to collect traffic data for non-trunkline roads via the Non-Trunkline Federal Aid Road Program (NTFA).

Mi Drive is maintained by MDOT and the Michigan Department of Information Technology in cooperation with the state's Center for Shared Solutions & Technology Partnerships and MDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems program office.Traffic Counts Collection Motorized Traffic Counts As always, we encourage road users to check Mi Drive before they leave for home or work. Resource links allow road users to sign up to receive MDOT traffic alerts, report potholes on state trunklines, and locate carpool lots, rest areas and roadside parks.

Traffic lists make it simple for road users to search and sort construction, camera and truck parking information, as well as having the option to go to that information directly on the map. Road users can favorite their most-used cameras for easy viewing. The current version of Mi Drive allows users to turn on layers on the map that show speeds, construction, cameras, incidents, snowplow/maintenance vehicles, and truck parking locations. In 2018, MDOT redesigned and modernized the Mi Drive website. Originally introduced in 2007, Mi Drive is a construction and traffic information website created to assist Michigan's residents and commuters in locating and planning for road construction along their route.