MOVABLE DETECTORS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES. INFORMATION MEETING AT THE INSTITUTE, JANUARY 23, 1974. SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.

FLYTTBARA DETEKTORER FOER TRAFIKMAETNINGAR

THIS REPORT CONSISTS OF A SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT AN INFORMATION MEETING CONCERNING MOVABLE DETECTORS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES WHICH WAS ARRANGED IN JANUARY, 1974, BY THE NATIONAL SWEDISH ROAD AND TRAFFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DIFFERENT SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETING. AT THE MEETING INFORMATION WAS GIVEN REGARDING WHERE AND WHEN TRAFFIC DATA ARE USUALLY COLLECTED AS WELL AS AN ACCOUNT OF THE TECHNICAL DATA OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF DETECTORS WHICH ARE CHIEFLY USED IN THIS CONNECTION. A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT WAS GIVEN REGARDING THE PASSAGE DETECTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AT THE INSTITUTE. MOST OF THE DISCUSSION DEALT WITH DETECTORS OF LOOP-TYPE AND PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE FASTENING OF THE WIRE IN OR ON THE ROADWAY. CERTAIN MORE COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES AND TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE ALSO DESCRIBED.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Swedish Institute for Building Research

  Box 27 163, 102 52
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Edholm, S
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Loop detectors; Sensors; Traffic counting; Traffic counts; Traffic surveys; Vehicle detectors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic studies
• ITRD Terms: 6120: Sensor; 689: Traffic count; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083257
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. NR 44 R&D Rept.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM