ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR CCTV TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS

The report is one of a series presenting findings of research on freeway traffic control systems and surveillance techniques. Areas covered include the following: testing and evaluation of low light level television cameras for traffic surveillance, use of television traffic surveillance systems during hours of darkness, low volume incident detection using television, and alternatives for the location of the cameras relative to the roadway lanes.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report on Development and Evaluation of On-Freeway Traffic Control Systems and Surveillance Techniques. Sponsored in part by Texas State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation, Austin. Transportation Planning Div. and Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Andersen, D A
  • McCasland, W R
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Closed circuit television; Detection and identification; Detectors; Freeways; Highway traffic control; Night; Surveillance; Television cameras; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety; Traffic surveillance; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Low light level viewing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151735
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TTI-2-18-76-173-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM