New Software Provides Accurate Traffic Data in Real-Time
Pedro A Castillo, principal investigator of the project from the University of Granada, said the system is being tested in the metropolitan areas of Granada and Seville.
Twenty monitorisation nodes have been installed in these areas for data collection.
The data gathered through these devices generate a variety of statistics on vehicle use in their respective areas.
"Thanks to this new method we have been able to monitor traffic density and movement on an individual basis, as vehicle users move between nodes within the zone in question," Castillo said.
These devices capture the signals broadcast by the different technological components inside each vehicle, such as GPS or hands-free devices, as well as drivers' mobile phones.
As far as data privacy is concerned, the research team emphasizes that the data they collect 'are never associated with any specific user, since they do not gather any information that can allow for the personal identification of the user from which they are collected'.
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