"To help manage the volume, we have been metering traffic to the site.
This paper is part of an ongoing research that analyzes the feasibility of implementing "buyout" auctions for metering traffic inflow at special use lanes (such as high-occupancy/toll lanes).
"60GHz wireless systems could also enable smart city applications, where data is collected from a massive number of sensors, smart utility meters, smart parking meters, traffic cameras and even street lights so city planners can make better informed decisions," the group explains in today's announcement.
Equipment such as parking meters, traffic warning signs, street lighting, or wireless Internet gateways may be powered by a small wind turbine, possibly combined with a photovoltaic system, that charges a small battery replacing the need for a connection to the power grid.
In addition, we considered three GIS variables to characterize the traffic that surrounds each location: meters of high traffic road (more than 10,000 vehicles/day) within a buffer of 150 meters, traffic density (number of cars multiplied by the length of roads within 150 metres divided by the buffer area), distance from the closest high traffic road.
GIS methods allowed us to measure traffic exposure within a few meters of the women's residences, which allowed us to more accurately assess exposure to traffic-related pollutants than central site monitors alone.
Target also had to meter out traffic to its site to manage the influx of online shoppers, which led to many shoppers seeing error messages when they visited the site.
Instead, they will be financed to increase the automation of remotely controlled devices, such as meters for gas or heating, parking meters, and traffic lights, whereas the financial contributions of users will be dismal.
The group will use the city's 311 data, but also plans to employ wireless sensors — tiny ones outside windows, noise meters on traffic lights and street corners, perhaps a smartphone app for crowdsourced data gathering.
The majority of subjects with an HTR within 150 meters had traffic counts ranging from 10,000 to 15,000 while a minority had more than 30,000.
