Measure Travel Time by Using Bluetooth Detectors On Freeway

The common traffic sensors, such as loops, cameras and radars, are very expensive and difficult to maintain. Recently, Bluetooth detectors are hot alternative sensors with relative low cost to provide reliable traffic information. In this paper, the authors will present travel time measurements by using Bluetooth detectors on freeways and an algorithm to calculate the average travel time. The test has been done at the Dutch traffic management system company Trinite Automation B.V. together with traffic control center in Belgium. The average travel time from the Bluetooth data has been roughly compared with the loop detectors data. For both short routes and long routes, results are rather good compared with the Bluetooth test on urban road.

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

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• Authors:
  • Wang, Yubin
  • Vrancken, Jos
  • Seidel, Paul
• Conference:
  • 18th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 2011-10-16 to 2011-10-20
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: 18th ITS World Congress, Orlando, 2011. Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Bluetooth technology; Freeways; Measurement; Sensors; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01487196
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 2013 1:53PM