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Anonymous Traffic Probes for Travel Time and O-D using Bluetooth IDs

Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: DTRT57-09-C-10018
Agency Tracking Number: DTRT57-09-C-10018
Amount: $99,957.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 082FH2
Solicitation Number: DTRT5708RSBIR2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-03-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-09-01
Small Business Information
524 Brookfield Dr.
CENTREVILLE, MD 21617
United States
DUNS: 827626263
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Nicholas Ganig
 Development Engineer
 (347) 497-3709
 nganig@traffaxinc.com
Business Contact
 Stanley Young
Title: President
Phone: (301) 792-8180
Email: syoung@traffaxinc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

<p>Traffax Inc. proposes a system based on Bluetooth point-to-point communications to anonymous detect vehicles, establish travel times, and develop accurate Origin &amp; Destination (O-D) matrices.&nbsp; Preliminary research performed at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, Indiane Department of Transportation, and Purdue University identified the use of consumer devices containing Bluetooth data communication capabilities as possible anonymous traffic probes.&nbsp; Preliminary experiments indicated that between 5% and 7% of the traffic stream contained a Bluetooth device that could be detected and used as an anonymous traffic probe.&nbsp; Building on this research Traffax prooses to (1) quantify the accuracy with which travel time can be estimated, (2) quantify the penetration rate of Bluetooth devices through controlled sampling at Automated-Traffic Recorder locations, (3) develop software to protect privacy incorporating open source and GNU PGP algorithms, (4) establish the relationship between penetration rate and accuracy of O-D and travel time and (5) demonstrate the utility of this method for monitoring freeways and arterials.&nbsp; This will lay the groundwork for an effective and needed tool for a variety of applications which had not been possible without this technology.</p>

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