Open Traffic Counter (On Hold)
hardware traffic counter to measure quantity, speed of vehicles on road
hardware traffic counter to measure quantity, speed of vehicles on road
Update: Spring 2017: This Project is not actively worked on. You are welcome to adopt this and lead this project.
At TCAMP in October 2016, a couple attendees discussed of how to measure the quantity, speeds, and types of vehicles traveling on a road. Building on work of http://tomorrow-lab.com/product23; they were able to get a prototype working using an arduino. (Contact Josh K for technical background on the project.
Currently, they’re running experiments to validate and fine-tune vehicle counting and speed detection. Next, they hope to add estimation of vehicle types (cars, semis, pedestrians) to the codebase and create a user guide to help less tech-savvy people assemble counters, and upload their data to a public repository.
Eventually, the group hopes to make ready-to-use counters available through local libraries and community organizations, and install a number of permanent counters which can automatically collect and submit data.