In order to create an environment where residents have a more livable community we conduct traffic studies from which we create data files used in the community planning process.
Studies include:
Automated:
- Volume
- Speed
- Classification
Manual:
- TMC
- Other
For automated studies we specialize in the use of Radar technology, as we believe it to be the most accurate and reliable equipment available. For evaluations of non-intrusive traffic detection systems, please see:
http://www.atacenter.org/programs/its/downloads/2009_TrafficDetectionComparison_FinalReport.pdf
http://www.imsasafety.org/journal/mj05/mj0504.pdf
Our extensive research indicates that the accuracy of our Generation 1 Jamar Radar Recorder is superior to that of pneumatic road tubes! The Minnesota Department of Transportation concurs:
Accuracy, without the resultant problems associated with road tubes:
This saves our customers time and money.
Besides accuracy, our radar sensors are also safer and easier to install than conventional methods:
The entire installation is conducted curb-side, thus there is no need to enter the roadway. Calibration is now completely automated. With the ‘quick set’ option the sensor measures the distance from the sensor to the objects in each lane, as well as the width of each lane, then loads these measurements into the processor. All of this saves time, money, and lives.
Our Generation 2 Black Cat sensor is similar to our Jamar Radar Recorder: Doppler Radar accurately records Volume and Speed. Also, this revolutionary device is a powerful classifier, able to accurately measure vehicle length, on roadways of up to four lanes.
http://www.ca-traffic.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Black-Cat-Radar-Technical-Papers.pdf
With our Houston Radar Crossfire we now have the ability to accurately survey up to six lanes of traffic, further reducing the need for the use of tubes or loops. As this is a true side-fire device the concern for occlusion is eliminated.:
Such accuracy for temporary surveys of high volume roadways has simply not been available, until now.
Our considerable array of equipment includes both Doppler and FMCW technologies, enabling us to apply the most effective equipment to most any location.
For those customers who prefer the use of pneumatic tubes, we also use Jamar Apollyon Classifiers.
Thus, classifications can be recorded according to either vehicle length, or axle length.
For manual surveys we use video.
