A REVIEW OF ROAD SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING VEHICLE TRAFFIC

Four major types of road sensors currently employed to monitor speed, volume, weight, and clasification of vehicle traffic are reviewed: road tube axle sensor; vehicle inductive loop sensor; capacitance axle weight sensor; and the piezoelectric axle sensor. These sensors are used in conjunction with electronic traffic counters, which establish the monitoring parameters and store the results for generating traffic engineering reports. The advantages and disadvantages of each sensor type are discussed. It is noted that sensor technology for monitoring vehicle traffic has not kept pace with the improvements in counter technology. There is an inherent limitation to every sensor. The best sensor for a specific application may vary from that for the next. New types of sensors are currently being developed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Tyburski, R M
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 27-29
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Loop detectors; Motor vehicles; Sensors; Speed; Traffic counts; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Vehicle classification; Vehicle weight
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486806
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM