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Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...Transit20_Final_Report.pdf

This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project developed and tested an experimental approach to count the number of passengers entering and exiting rail transit cars through a wide stream door. The system that was tested consisted of (1) a radar and (2) a video camera image capture system. Testing of the Cyclops system demonstrated that radar is a viable method for counting single passengers entering or exiting anywhere along the wide stream door. Both the radar and the video elements were tested aboard Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail rapid transit cars, with wide stream doors, during revenue service. It was demonstrated that radar and video are viable methods for counting single passengers entering or exiting anywhere along the wide stream door. Challenges associated with using radar and video for passenger count extraction were also evaluated.

This Transit IDEA project was conducted by Grenefer and Associates, Inc., Marietta, Georgia. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Transit IDEA Project 20

English

24 p.

2001-11

TRANSIT-IDEA Program Project Final Report

9712-0101

Figures; Photos; Tables (2)

Passenger counting; Radar; Rail transit; Rapid transit cars; Sensors; Video cameras

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

TRIS, TRB

Apr 29 2002 12:00AM