SUMMARY OF VEHICLE DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES USED IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This summary document was developed to assist in the selection of vehicle detection and surveillance technologies that support traffic management and traveler information services. Included are descriptions of common types of vehicle detection and surveillance technologies in terms of theory of operation, installation methods advantages and disadvantages,and summary information about performance in clear and inclement weather and relative cost. Under intrusive technologies, the following are described: pneumatic road tube inductive loop detectors, piezoelectric sensors, magnetic sensors, and weigh in motion (WIM). In the non-intrusive category, these technologies are described: video image processor, microwave radar infrared sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and passive acoustic array sensors. Following each technology description is vendor-provided information about specific sensor models, their functions and applications, users,and installation and maintenance costs

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tvtw/vdstits.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/pubs/vdstits2007/vdstits2007.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: November 2000. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems Washington DC. An edition dated August 31, 2007, can be found online: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/pubs/vdstits2007/vdstits2007.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Vehicle Detector Clearinghouse

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  Southwest Technology Development Institute

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  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

  Department of Civil Engineering, P.O. Box 30001
  Las Cruces, NM  United States  88003-8001

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mimbela, Luz Elena Y
  • Klein, Lawrence A
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 211 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Traffic surveillance; Vehicle detectors

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00970093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 4 2004 12:00AM