The Development Of Traffic Data Collection Methods

Today a paper-form or a mobile app requiring manual input is still highly used for traffic surveys. This article provides an overview of the development of the methods and technology used, from manual surveys, surveys using technical devices to surveys run by intelligent software services.

Human counters are not able to capture complex traffic movements and turns

Recently I have attended the conference “Traffic Behaviour in Data” organized by the Transport Research Centre of Czech Republic, where traffic and transportation experts openly shared their problems, methods and successful case-studies on this topic. In this article I am summarizing my takeaways and inspiration from the conference, especially regarding the traffic data collection as the first mandatory stage for traffic analysis and modelling.

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