Traffic Counting at Intersections by Bluetooth-Technology

To improve traffic flow today usually traffic models are built up to represent the different interactions between cars, pedestrians, traffic signs and the environment of the road. To build up these traffic models valid input data is needed. Especially in inner-city networks with lots of intersections and various traffic relations this task is often connected with large effort. Therefore the DTV-Verkehrsconsult GmbH searched for a method to detect traffic streams and turning ratios at intersections with available techniques that are easy to handle and work reliably. A field test with Bluetooth-sensors was carried out at a typical inner-city intersection with traffic lights in Aachen, Germany. The results show that the Bluetooth-technology is an excellent method to count the turning ratios at inner-city intersections automatically and therefore offers a convenient opportunity to collect different valid data for traffic models.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Roggendorf, Susanne
• Conference:
  • 19th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Vienna , Austria
  • Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: CD-ROM; Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bluetooth technology; Intersections; Traffic congestion; Traffic counting; Traffic data; Traffic flow; Traffic surveys
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01491981
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 12:29PM