Traffic Flow Data Extracted from Imagery Collected Using a Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Roadway networks span large distances and can be difficult to monitor. Most efforts to collect roadway usage data either require a large fixed infrastructure or are labor intensive. Advanced in electronics and communication have recently enabled an alternative, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAVs capable of carrying sensors and communications hardware to relay data to the ground are now commercially available. This paper investigates the feasibility of using a UAV to monitor roadway traffic and develop applications. UAVs can cover large areas, travel at high speeds and are not restricted to traveling on the road network. This paper demonstrates several applications using data from a UAV flying in an urban environment: determining the level of service (LOS), estimating average annual daily travel (AADT), documenting intersection operations, and measuring origin destination flows. The descriptions of these empirical taks are intended to provide the main concepts and methods applied to derive useful information for both off-line planning and real-time management, and to illustrate the challenges and opportunities such applications pose.

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• Authors:
  • Coifman, B
  • McCord, M
  • Mishalani, Rabi G
  • Iswalt, M
  • Ji, Yuxiong
• Conference:
  • Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation. The Ninth International Conference
  • Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
  • Date: 2006-8-13 to 2006-7-16
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 298-303
• Monograph Title: Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annual average daily traffic; Communication systems; Data collection; Drones; Imagery; Level of service; Origin and destination; Real time control; Real time information; Sensors; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aerial imagery; Road networks; Transportation networks
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038698
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784407991
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:07AM