Through increased monitoring of pedestrian numbers and behaviour, more effective and efficient allocation of resources may be implemented. In addition to this improved validation and calibration of pedestrian modelling tools may make it possible to better understand how street layouts affect pedestrian movement, resulting in improved design. If pedestrian behaviour is better understood, pedestrian flow may be better managed. Commercial automatic pedestrian detection technologies already exist on the market. However, these have been predominantly designed for indoor environments. With increased fluctuation in lighting and temperature and reduced mounting locations, automatically detecting pedestrians outdoors can be more problematic. The London automatic pedestrian counting trials were commissioned by transport for London to investigate the possibility of both counting and tracking pedestrians in some of London's most difficult external locations.
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