In Bangkok, there are more than 2.6 million vehicles are on the roads daily as drivers have to spend around 22 days each year stuck in the traffic. One of the busiest roads that penetrates the heart of Downtown Bangkok, Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway, is no exception. The Highway is frequently congested with cars as commuters traveling in and out of the capital city, especially during the rush hours.
In an effort to understand more about the traffic patterns on this congested highway for future planning, the Messoa partner Digitalcom was commissioned by Department of Highways to set up a traffic analysis system at one of the busiest sections along the route. The main objectives are to analyze the traffic volume, as well as to calculate the time taken to travel through this section at any given time of the day.
Traffic analysis requires higher standards in terms of captured image quality in order to collect the most accurate information for data analysis. The Messoa cameras deployed in this project successfully met such requirements with the company's extensive know-how in traffic surveillance.
The Messoa traffic cameras were strategically installed at 4 locations spread across the monitored section. The one was used to capture the license plate of any target vehicles. By tracking the target vehicle's plate number, it allows the system to precisely know when that vehicle shows up in the camera's capture range and calculate the time taken traveling from one location point to another. On the other hand, the other was used to capture an overview of the entire road span that allows the system to estimate the total traffic volume.