The Intelligent Mobility Meter \u2013 Portable Fine-Grained Data Collection and Analysis of Pedestrian, Cyclist, and Motor Vehicle Traffic

2019Final Research ReportPDFTech Report69A3551747111Automatic vehicle detection and identification systemsCyclistsData collectionMobilityMotor vehiclesPedestriansPortable equipmentTraffic countingTraffic countsPittsburgh (Pennsylvania)United StatesCarnegie-Mellon UniversityPires, Bernardo R.Ranganath, ShreyankYesson, ReidKim, DongyoonSahyoun, TarekRobotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityMobility21, Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and TechnologyUS Transportation CollectionThe Intelligent Mobility Meter (IMM) is a portable data collection and analysis platform which will be able to collect fine-grained statistics on pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular traffic. The objective of the IMM project is to provide accurate and actionable data to government officials and transit advocates. The meter is an expansion of the UTC TSET funded project \u201cAutomatic Counting of Pedestrians and Cyclists\u201d, which researched, developed and deployed a robust pedestrian and bike counting system. The deployed system was employed - in collaboration with the City of Pittsburgh - to collect usage data on Pittsburgh\u2019s bike lanes. However current system capabilities are limited to counting pedestrians and bikes. To create a true mobility meter, this project expanded the analysis capabilities to counting motor vehicles.80