Evaluation Method Investigation for Non-Traditional Traffic Monitoring Technology

This paper proposes an effective and easily-implemented evaluation method to assess the performance of a mobile probe traffic monitoring system. The authors explain how sample size will affect the system performance and how to determine the criteria and threshold for system acceptance testing. They note that several research programs and traffic agencies are actively in exploring the feasibility of deploying such a traffic information system with this technology. Cell phone data can now to used to give a fairly good estimate of travel time in urban, suburban, and rural regions. Furthermore, the amount of cell phone subscribers has been increasing, and this improves the feasibility of estimating traffic state by using cell phones as probes. The authors outline the potential benefits from using cell phones as probes to estimate real-time traffic state including: significant cost savings due to the use of existing wireless communication system; scalability to future wireless technology requiring only minor upgrading; and combining the basic geographic distribution data of wireless communication network components and the geographic information system (GIS) of the roadway network can improve the accuracy of mapping tracked cellular phones into roadway links.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Qiu, Zhi-Jun Tony
  • Ran, Bin
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Costs; Driver information systems; Geographic information systems; Highway safety; Intelligent transportation systems; Probe vehicles; Real time information; Rural areas; Sensors; Speed detectors; Traffic surveillance; Travel time; Urban areas; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01141998
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 20 2009 7:41AM