AVL Equipped Vehicles as Probes - Phase 3

Past phases of this research have demonstrated in the laboratory that it is possible to estimate travel speeds as well as construct travel times through corridors using existing transit vehicles equipped with automatic vehicle locators (AVL). These results could be used to augment the existing sensor network of loops, cameras and radar. This phase will incorporate these "virtual" sensors into the existing Transportation Management System real time database so they can be used by traffic management staff in the same way that loop data is used. The system will be updated to use global positioning systems (GPS).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $125000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  T2695-38

  03-379

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Brodin, Doug

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Department of Urban Design and Planning
  Seattle, WA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Dailey, Daniel

• Start Date: 20030415
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20050630
• Source Data: RiP Project 7784

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle detection and identification systems; Automatic vehicle location; Global Positioning System; Loop detectors; Research projects; Speed detectors; Speed indicators; Traffic measurement; Traffic models; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460911
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Washington State Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: T2695-38, 03-379
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:34PM