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Human counters are not able to capture complex tra c movements and turns
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that today, and in the future, most of the recorded camera footage will not be
reviewed by human eyes. It is far beyond human capacity to do so.
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Traditional solutions include human counters, pressure hoses, piezo-electric sensors, radars or custom HW image
analysis appliances.
Profile surveys
Often used manual counting method using humans is to write to a prepared
paper form where you can distinguish between couple of vehicle categories,
the direction of the vehicle or the lane, sometimes also in a preselected time
intervals (e.g. 60 minutes). The progress from the paper method is
currently the use of a mobile app which incorporates the time intervals
automatically and prevents human surveyors in faking the counts during
their lunch pause or so.
Among the technical methods, there are various types of invasive hardware
traffic counters designed to track single to two-band communication,
pressure hoses, microwave radars, which are designed to monitor
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require additional time as well. Human surveys are suitable for a shorter
period of time — up to 12 hours.
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With modern artificial intelligence based systems, the vehicle categories are
determined by analyzing it’s visual appearance. These devices can be easily
used for directional intersection surveys. The advantage is that surveys can
be conducted in any time interval and these systems are capable of
classifying all categories of vehicles including bikers and pedestrians at
pedestrian crossings with a single device — a camera.
data collection and evaluation techniques. If the data are missing, there is
an option to estimate traffic volume across the entire road networks using a
mathematical model. But is it accurate?
Conclusions
The following factors should be taken into account when selecting the
method and carrying out a traffic survey:
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The need for robust data on the transportation infrastructure in the city is
paramount to better understand performance and improvement needs and
support informed and effective investment decisions. With advances in
artificial intelligence and computing capacity, there is a significant
opportunity to understand infrastructure performance in a short time and
to respond to any questions on transportation issues with much more detail
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than in the past, at a much faster rate, and in a cost-effective manner. This
technology allows traffic engineers to do things in the same way as hi-tech
corporations.
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