{"id":1352,"date":"2024-05-02T16:54:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:54:03","slug":"heres-what-those-mysterious-black-cables-on-the-road-signify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what those mysterious black cables on the road signify."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Next time you\u2019re on the highway or a residential street, pay careful attention to the road. At some point during your trip, chances are you\u2019ll see black cables either carefully placed on the ground.<br>While they\u2019re perfectly safe to drive over, what purpose do they serve?<br>Keep reading to find out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Road tubes are a simple and easy way for local transportation agencies to gather important information about an area\u2019s traffic patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019re typically placed in unassuming areas so they cause the least amount of interference.<br>Any time a vehicle\u2019s tire hits the tube a burst of air is sent through the rubber tubing to the on-site counter, which collects all the data. Once the tubing and counter have been in place for a predetermined amount of time, the data is collected and interpreted.<br>Not only is the tubing counting cars, but it can determine peak traffic by anaIyzing the interval between air bursts. When the tubing is used in pairs it can provide even more data like vehicle class, speed, and direction.<br>This data can then be used any time an agency needs to determine if speed limits need to be changed or signage needs to updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How it works: Road Tubes\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4RUnJ0EiFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next time you\u2019re on the highway or a residential street, pay careful attention to the road. At some point during your trip, chances are you\u2019ll see black&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}