Traffic Counts New Methods of Traffic Counting in North Rhine-Westphalia

In Germany the federal states are getting ready for a major traffic census in 2010. Normally this would be a manual census. However, some states, including North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Wuerttemberg, are developing new automatic concepts. As numerous roads have high traffic volumes special care has to be taken when selecting the system. Based on the results of a former study, new detectors were trialed for use on interstate ramps and high-volume roads. The results show a great potential and lead to the decision to go ahead with the automation of the coming road traffic censuses.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Kathmann, Thorsten
• Conference:
  • 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-21 to 2009-9-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: ITS in Daily Life

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic counts; Traffic data; Vehicle classification
• Uncontrolled Terms: Laser scanners
• Geographic Terms: North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01150579
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 2010 10:58AM