THE METHOD OF STUDYING TRAFFIC PARAMETERS

Abstract

One of the most important tasks of transport research is to create preconditions (by getting initial data) for planning, designing and optimization in the system "Road conditions– traffic flows". The purpose of the work is to increase the efficiency of studying traffic parameters and pedestrian flows by developing a new method of studying traffic parameters. The problem of optimization of the process of conducting studies traffic parameters and pedestrian flows is considered in the paper. The basis of the analysis of the current state of the problem is the necessity to develop a new way of studying the parameters of traffic for increasing the efficiency of transport research. The authors have found that unmanned aerial vehicles can be an effective tool for monitoring and mapping territories that can be used during transport research. We have also defined that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the field of transport research will enable substantial facilitating the work of researchers and increasing the efficiency of their work, and the resulting video material will also be useful during the educational process to improve the quality of training future specialists. The authors have developed the method of traffic parameters in which the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle such as dron, quadcopter, multicopter, etc. with a video camera allows to study the parameters of traffic in different places of the street-road network by flight and hovering over the necessary sections of the street-road network with reception video recording of the road. In order to implement the proposed method with the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle, an algorithm for carrying out research on the parameters of transport and pedestrian flows is proposed. The rational parameters of unmanned aerial vehicles for carrying out transport investigations are substantiated. We have described possible options for conducting research using the developed method of studying traffic parameters, in particular: for studying the intensity and composition of traffic on the main-street network of the city; study of velocities and traffic delays at crossroads and separate sections of the street-road network; study of pedestrian flow parameters; obtaining initial data to optimize the route of follow-up of special vehicles, etc. In the future it is expedient to continue the research in the outlined issues, since the use of modern technologies in the field of transport research will undoubtedly improve the efficiency of their implementation.