Traffic data collection
Fill traffic data gaps without sensors
Take the guesswork out of traffic analysis with automated counts across all roadways.
Why choose StreetLight for automated traffic data collection?
Get traffic counts on your desktop instantly with broader coverage than traditional methods.
Avoid putting staff in harm’s way with automated traffic counts at scale.
Get traffic volumes, speeds, TMCs, and more for nearly every road, with spatial and temporal granularity.
Access volumes in hours instead of months to shorten planning cycles and improve traffic flow faster.
Study and respond to stakeholders and constituents as soon as complaints arise.
Automated traffic data collection services to analyze the roadway network at scale
Get started
Tulsa MPO fills daily traffic data gaps
Read success storyINCOG needed to collect AADT traffic counts to feed into their publicly-available web map, which is used by developers, business owners, county officials, city planning departments, and others. Due to the high cost, many regions stopped collecting traffic counts, creating gaps in data INCOG could provide to its constituents.
INCOG entered 2,500+ zones into StreetLight Insight® and was able to get the AADT counts for those specific areas in minutes. StreetLight’s AADT metrics provided accurate and thorough traffic volume data for missing jurisdictions. The MPO then uploaded the counts to their web map, providing access to all stakeholders for analysis.
How StreetLight fills data gaps
Get started
Traffic patterns and movement counts based on hundreds of data sources and rigorously validated against permanent counters.
Scan large regions or go deep on specific locations.
5+ years of data at your fingertips to assess roadway performance over time.
Use detailed traffic pattern data to create compelling and persuasive visualizations.
Check out our comprehensive solutions
Access our full suite of tools and metrics to solve all your most pressing transportation challenges.
Solve bottlenecks with quick access to multi-year traffic studies for all your roads in one easy-to-use platform.
Pinpoint the most high-risk locations across your entire multimodal network.
Streamline your region’s traffic flow with recent every-intersection traffic volumes.
Power your transportation models and projects with trusted route choice data, including traffic volumes, available in minutes and at scale.
Resources
Explore our library
Case studies, data-driven research, and timely articles to learn how StreetLight helps solve transportation data collection challenges.
Our customers
See why they chose StreetLight
FAQs
Quick answers to questions you may have
Discover more about traffic data collection.
Traffic data can tell us a lot about how people and vehicles move, from how many cars are on the road at a given time to what routes people take to and from work or where pedestrians are most exposed to high-speed vehicles. These and other kinds of traffic data can be collected in a variety of ways, from permanent sensors installed on roadways to pings from internet-enabled devices such as connected vehicles.
Some traditional traffic data collection methods include roadway sensors (which may be installed permanently or temporarily), manual counts performed by humans, and surveys. Additionally, big data approaches to traffic data collection involve gathering data from internet-connected devices such as connected vehicles. These big data methods generate a high-coverage, high-resolution dataset that often goes beyond what traditional methods may be able to provide.
Do you need data to inform your next project?
Talk to StreetLight about your needs, and join us in shaping a more efficient, sustainable world.
Here are some resources to help you go a step further: