USE OF ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL DATA ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

The current state-of-practice employing video and machine vision technologies to acquire and analyze license plate images is evaluated. Both fixed installations, such as at toll booths, and mobile setups along expressways and surface arterials are considered. Examples are presented of various applications, including: cordon-line origin-destination surveys; link-by-link travel time distributions; micro-scale origin-destination patterns; movements within complex interchages, and; designing and monitoring use of high occupancy vehicle lanes. Field procedures, resource requirements and the statistical validity of the results of various applications are discussed.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Title on document: Acquiring Travel Time and Network Level Origin-Destination Data by Machine Vision Analysis of Video License Plate Images.
  • Corporate Authors:

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    Transportation Center, 130 Natural Resources Road
    Amherst, MA  United States  01003

    New England University Transportation Center

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 40-279
    Cambridge, MA  United States  01239

    Department of Transportation

    University Transportation Centers Program, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • Shuldiner, P W
    • Woodson, J B
  • Publication Date: 1996-5

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: 15 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00732036
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
  • Contract Numbers: DTRS95-G-0001
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
  • Created Date: Feb 25 1997 12:00AM