Use of Persistent Wide-Area Video for Transportation Planning and Operations

Persistent wide-area video, in combination with PVLabs' integrated Tactical Content Management System (TCMS) spatio-temporal capability, automatically identifies and captures every vehicle in the video view frame, storing each with a discrete ID and time-stamped location. This unique data capture can provide not only comprehensive count information but also, more importantly, vehicle track information. This research proposes to evaluate possible uses of an existing one square mile data capture in an urban area to establish its efficacy in supporting transportation planning and operation activities. Proposed tasks will include developing a track data model, relating tracks to Origin-Destination matrices, relating tracks to traffic characteristics, and developing and evaluating one or more proof-of-concept models for traffic assignment and for quantifying traffic characteristics at a microscopic spatio-temporal level.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $110000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12-G-UTC03

  VT-2013-03

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center

  Pennsylvania State University
  201 Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802-4710
• Performing Organizations:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
  100 Cheatham Hall Mail Code 0321
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Principal Investigators:

  Hancock, Kathleen

• Start Date: 20130901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141231
• Source Data: RiP Project 35534

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Detection and identification systems; Highway operations; Origin and destination; Real time information; Traffic assignment; Transportation planning; Video cameras
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time stamps
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495327
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC03, VT-2013-03
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 11 2013 1:00AM