Analysis of bluetooth and wi-fi technology to measure wait times of personal vehicles at Arizona-Mexico ports of entry.

PDFTech ReportTask Assignment 1A-001Bluetooth technologyWireless communication systemsPorts of entryTraffic delayTravel timeData collectionAnalysisStakeholdersRecommendationsArizonaArizona. Dept. of TransportationLee EngineeringUS Transportation CollectionRobust travel time data collection is possible using Bluetooth\ue2\u201e\ua2 or Wi-Fi technology thatmatches anonymous MAC addresses from discoverable electronic devices (e.g., smart phones)to determine travel time along a roadway segment. Several hundred data points can becollected, and analyzed in real-time, each day. Anonymous Re-Identification (ARID), a termcoined for local Arizona agencies, is commonly used for this technology and is inclusive oreither Bluetooth\ue2\u201e\ua2 or Wi-Fi technology.The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Office of P3 Initiatives and InternationalAffairs selected Lee Engineering to analyze the penetration rate of ARID technology to measurewait time of U.S. and Mexico bound personal vehicles at 6 (six) United States-Mexico Ports ofEntry (POEs) in Arizona. The purpose of this study is for ADOT and stakeholders to have anunderstanding of ARID data collection technology, validity of measuring wait time at POEs, andrecommendations on which POEs to install permanent ARID technology, in priority order