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Title:

A New Tool for Pedestrian Observation: Reliability and Efficiency of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Accession Number:

01697755

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The monitoring of pedestrian activity is challenging, primarily because its traffic levels are typically lower and more variable than motorized vehicles. Compared with other on-the-ground observation tools, the small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) could be suitable for counting and mapping pedestrians in a reliable and efficient way. Thus, this study establishes and tests a new method of pedestrian observation using UAS. The results show that the UAS observations demonstrate high levels of inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.99) and equivalence reliability (Cronbach’s a = 0.97 (with on-the-ground counts); 0.73 (with Google Street View)). Practical implications of the new tool are discussed.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ35 Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Monitoring.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-00140

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Park, Keunhyun

ORCID 0000-0001-5055-7833

Ewing, Reid

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Vehicles and Equipment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-00140

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:36AM