The Portable Single Lane Traffic Counting Device

A majority of traffic counting in the U.S is performed using portable traffic counters employing a road tube system that is unsafe, difficult to operate, and unable to meet the data quality standards desired by transportation agencies. This project developed a portable traffic monitoring device for counting and Federal Highway Administration's 13 vehicle classification, the standard vehicle classification system in the U..S. The device is a video-based system that uses a combination of artificial intelligence and image processing to collect data on a single lane. The performance evaluation results indicate consistent counting and classification with more than 98% accuracy. Return on investment analysis is presented, taking into account material costs, productivity gain and collection rejection rates. The findings indicate that the developed device has the potential for wide use in the industry. There are over 100 units currently in use by transportation agencies to collect traffic monitoring data. The report is available.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4877

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $137000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-30, IDEA 216

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Jawed, Inam

• Performing Organizations:

  Leetron Vision, LLC

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• Principal Investigators:

  Lee, Terry

• Start Date: 20220222
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Data collection; Image analysis; Laser radar; Neural networks; Portable equipment; Prototypes; Traffic counting; Traffic surveillance; Video
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01719641
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-30, IDEA 216
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 22 2019 12:09PM