Traffic Counts

Biketown

Portland Installing 200 Sensors in the Name of Traffic Safety

Portland is hoping better vehicle and pedestrian counts, produced by high-tech sensors place on street light poles, can help deliver on Vision Zero promises.

June 19, 2018 - The Oregonian

Bikeway

Using Technology to Create Better Traffic Counts

Tired of standing on a street corner to count traffic? Technology is automating traffic counts and providing more detailed and accurate data to support planning.

September 2, 2015 - Jennifer Evans-Cowley

A New Kind of Traffic Count

Ariel Schwartz introduces an innovation in site specific traffic counting: sensors that collect information about vehicle and pedestrian movement in real time.

April 13, 2012 - Fast Co.Exist

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