A PORTABLE EVENT RECORDER

The equipment, primarily developed to investigate the effects of traffic engineering techniques on vehicle fuel consumption, has been modified to collect data for automatic highway surveys. The design of the equipment is described with reference to the desirable requirements for portable data collection. The system is in two parts: a relatively simple self contained low powered field pack and a computer-compatible mains powered base pack. Up to eight events can be recorded on a normal audio cassette recorder. The base pack is used to transcribe the seven events, superimposed on a time base, on to punched paper tape, it also provides power for the field pack. The components of the event recorder are described, and an illustration is given of the computer processed output from a series of test-runs. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Green, P B
  • MacMillan, M
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 594-595
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Data recorders; Equipment; Fuel consumption; Measuring instruments; Portable equipment; Recording; Traffic control; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cassettes
• Old TRIS Terms: Data recording
• ITRD Terms: 3674: Equipment; 232: Fuel consumption; 6969: Recording; 654: Traffic control; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312312
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM