Module 2 : Traffic Measurement Procedures
Lecture 11 : Travel Time Data Collection
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License Plate Matching Techniques

Travel times by matching vehicle license plates between consecutive checkpoints with varying levels of instrumentation: tape recorders, video cameras, portable computers, or automatic license plate character recognition [16].

Advantages
  • Travel times from a large sample of motorists, very simple technique.
  • Provides a continuum of travel times during the data collection period.
Disadvantages
  • Travel time data limited to locations where observers or video cameras can be positioned;
  • Limited geographic coverage on a single day
  • Accuracy of license plate reading is an issue for manual and portable computer