TELEMETRY SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC DATA ACQUISITION IN GEORGIA
AN AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC DATA TELEMETRY SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED BY THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR FIELD TESTS. THE COUNTER AND TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WERE SATISFACTORILY FIELD TESTED. THE DATA PROCESSING UNIT, STORAGE DEVICE AND SCANNER ARE DESCRIBED. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO: (1) DECREASE THE NUMBER OF LOST COUNTS DUE TO IMMEDIATE WARNING OF MACHINE FAILURES, (2) ELIMINATE THE HUMAN FACTOR IN THE ACCUMULATION OF ERRORS, (3) ELIMINATE MANUAL PROCESSING OF COUNT DATA, (4) OBTAIN MORE ACCURATE DATA, AND (5) RECEIVE AND STORE TRAFFIC DATA IN A FORM EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR ANALYSIS AND RE-ANALYSIS. AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $14,000 IS EXPECTED.
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Authors:
- Parrish, E C
- Publication Date: 1965-11
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Data storage; Economics; Field tests; Information processing; Telemetry; Telephone; Traffic counting; Traffic counting stations
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00227675
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: pp 64-65
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:44AM