Traffic Data
Know what's really happening on your roads.
Count, classify and clock traffic with collectors one person can set up, see the results from your desk, and manage every count in one system. From one speed complaint to a statewide count program.
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Residents say a street has a speeding problem. Without data you can't tell if they're right, and a fix in the wrong place costs more and does less.
Manual counts depend on staff and weather. Road tubes get installed wrong and can't go on highways. Third-party studies mean waiting for results.
Every brand of counter has its own software. Short counts, permanent stations and turning movements end up in separate files, and reporting to FHWA means stitching them together.
From the street to the decision
A portable collector goes up on a pole or at an intersection for a study, or an installed device gathers data around the clock.
Data comes back over the cloud, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, so nobody has to stand at the roadside to download it.
Counts, speeds, 85th percentile and classification, in reports you can export as PDF, Excel or CSV and share.
Put enforcement, signs or calming where the data says the problem is, then measure again to show it worked.
Study Types
Every study starts with a question. Is this street really speeding? How many trucks use this road? Which way do cars turn at this intersection, and how many people cross on foot? Pick the question, and we'll match the collector, how long it stays out and how the results come back.
Choose your study
Collection Devices
Portable collectors go where the question is: on a pole for a week or two, then on to the next street. They are small and discreet, so drivers don't change their behavior because they see one, and they send their data back without anyone visiting the roadside. For locations you watch all the time, installed devices collect data around the clock.
Portable collectors
AI video counting for intersections and multi-lane roads: volume, direction, speed, turning counts and eight classes, including pedestrians and cyclists. Covers an arc of up to 145 feet, about an eight-lane road, and installs with one person, no road tubes. You own the hardware and buy data processing in packages from 10 hours to unlimited.
A compact, discreet radar collector for one lane: counts, speeds from 3 to 99 mph and speed violations, sent wirelessly to the cloud for reports and charts. Battery or optional solar, 10 lb, easy to move from street to street.
The bidirectional version: volume, speed and classification (small, medium, large) for two lanes at once, mid-street, with the same remote reporting. Runs on Logix on Cloud.
A pole-mounted, cloud-connected counter: counts, speeds and three size classes for up to four lanes in both directions. One person installs it in under five minutes; the battery runs 11 to 21 days, or indefinitely on solar. Reports export as PDF, Excel, CSV or HTML. Runs on TraffiCloud.
Always-on data
Every Evolution radar speed sign can collect data: total and average counts, minimum, maximum, average and 85th-percentile speeds, and the share of drivers over the limit, downloaded at the sign or viewed remotely. The sign slows drivers and measures the result at the same time.
Radar speed signs →(decision “Permanent collection devices”)
Management Systems
MS2, a TAPCO brand, is the cloud-based transportation data management system agencies use to keep every count in one place. It maps short counts, permanent stations and weigh-in-motion sites, imports data from most makes of counter, checks quality automatically and produces more than 200 reports, including FHWA TMAS and HPMS submittals. Turning movement and bike-and-pedestrian modules sit on the same platform. Your collectors' own cloud handles day-to-day device data; MS2 is where a whole count program lives.
Data first, then the fix
Frequently asked questions
Why collect data before choosing a fix?
Because a fix without data is a guess. Installing calming or enforcement without knowing whether, when and where drivers speed costs more and works less well than a program that starts with a study. And if the data shows no problem, you can tell residents their street is already safe.
How is this different from road tubes or a manual count?
Our collectors mount on a pole or at the roadside, so nothing crosses the lane and nobody stands in traffic. They work in weather that stops a manual count, and the AI counter can go where road tubes can't, including highways.
How do we get our data?
From your desk. Cloud-connected collectors upload automatically, and you log in to see reports and charts or export them as PDF, Excel or CSV. Data can also be downloaded locally over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Can we move a collector between sites?
Yes. That's what they're for. Most agencies rotate one collector through several locations, a week or two at each.
Do we own the AI counter, or pay per study?
You own the hardware. Data processing is bought in packages of 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 or 250 hours, or unlimited, each valid for a year, so ongoing count programs can be budgeted as one annual cost.
We run a statewide count program. Where does all the data go?
Into MS2. It imports counts from most makes of equipment, checks them automatically and produces the reports DOTs submit to FHWA, alongside your short counts and turning movements.
Tell us the street or the program and the question you're trying to answer. We'll recommend the study, the collector and how long to leave it out.
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