Wokingham town centre Flashcards
what was the hypothesis?
the amount of traffic increases towards the centre of Wokingham
how was our hypothesis relevant?
it’s part of the Urban Issues topic- traffic management
how was our hypothesis topical?
traffic is caused by and affects humans
what was the underpinning theory used to explain the hypothesis?
the Central Business District is the focal point of a town or city and can suffer congestion at peak periods
why did we choose this location?
-it’s accessible
-safe to get to
-it was appropriate as there were a lot of roads which were needed to conduct the fieldwork
what were some health and safety risks?
-road accident
-separation from groups
how could we prevent the health and safety risk of a road accident?
-cross as a group
-only use road crossings
how could we prevent the health and safety risk of being separated from the group?
-phone number to call in case of emergencies
-teachers stayed in the same spot so that they were easy to find
what was the primary method of data collection used?
(1) we produced a map with locations on it
(2) we counted the cars on the carriage way nearest to use for ten minutes
why did we use this certain primary method of data collection?
the traffic count is needed to answer the hypothesis and show traffic congestion
what was the secondary method of data collection used?
the map we used came from google maps
why did we use this certain secondary method of data collection?
we needed to know where all the sites were
what was the type of sampling that we used?
stratified
explain our sampling strategy
we selected roads where we suspected traffic to be, this ensured that all major roads were covered to avoid junctions and have as many sites as we could with the number of students available
how was our data presented?
with flow lines
what were the advantages of using flow lines to represent the data collected?
-it was easy to interpret
-shows the exact line of flow over a large area
-shows width of line so changes can be easily identified
-it can be superimposed onto the base map
what were the disadvantages of using flow lines to represent the data collected?
-confusing when there’s lots of points
-hard to accurately calculate width
-time consuming to create
-requires data from a large number of locations
what were the key findings from our investigation?
more traffic flows in the centre of Wokingham, these are the main routes into and out of Wokingham which are a one way system
what were the anomalies found from our data?
-there was less traffic in certain parts of the centre as they were residential roads
-there was more traffic than expected on the outskirts of Wokingham due to the train station
what was our conclusion?
hypothesis accepted as the anomalies can be explained
what were some problems with our method?
-it was unclear where to stand on the road
-not everyone started the traffic count at the same time for exactly 90 minutes
what are some ways that we can improve our method?
-give a clearer map of site positions
-use a stopwatch to time
what was a problem with our sampling method?
we didn’t get a full coverage of Wokingham
what is something we could do to improve our sampling method?
be more systematic- use a grid
what was a limitation of our data?
doesn’t reflect the whole day and we only did one day of the week
what’s some other useful data that we could have used?
-use data from other times and days
-had more people so that we could cover more sites
