This thesis descries the evolution and testing of a fully portable, inductive loop vehicle counter system. As a component of the NFS Embedded Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Management project, the system's cellular modem transmits real-time data to servers at Georgia Institute of Technology. From there, the data can be fed into simulations predicting travel behavior. Researchers revised both the detector circuit, and the temporary, reusable loop pad several times over multiple rounds of field testing.
The final tested version of this system demonstrates the efficacy of uncommonly small
inductive loops. When paired with a reliable data transmission channel, the system was
shown to capture nearly 96% of actual through traffic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/34737 |
| Date | 13 July 2010 |
| Creators | Blaiklock, Philip |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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