USING CELLULAR PHONES AS TRAFFIC PROBES

This article describes the Cellular APplied to ITS Tracking and Location ( CAPITAL) ITS Operational Test. The goals of the project were 1) to determine if the use of cellular telephone technologies provides an accurate and cost-effective means of wide area traffic surveillance, and, 2) to determine if vehicle location information from cellular phone- equipped probe vehicles can be effectively integrated into a real-time traffic control system for regional traffic management or traveler information purposes.

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    • Publication Date: August/September 1996
  • Authors:
    • Larsen, Robert
  • Publication Date: 1996

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  • English

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  • Accession Number: 00787149
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
  • Files: PATH
  • Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM