TrafficCOM is an inexpensive device that allows anyone to gather volume, rate, and speed measurements of automobiles and bicycles, then easily upload and map the information to a central online database.

The TrafficCOMputer works like other traffic counters, but has two key differences: lower cost and open data. At 1/10th price of the least expensive comparable product, TrafficCOM is affordable. The TrafficCOM Data Uploaderallows you to seamlessly upload and map your latest traffic count data, making it instantly available to anyone online.

Collectively, the TrafficCOMmunity has the potential to build a rich repository of traffic count data for bike paths, city alley ways, neighborhood streets, and busy boulevards from around the world. With a better understanding of automobile and bicycle ridership patterns, we can inform the design of better cities and towns.

TrafficCOM is an important addition to the process of measuring the impact of transportation design, and creating livable streets by adding bicycle lanes, public spaces, and developing smart transportation management systems. By creating open-data, we can increase governmental transparency, and provide constituencies with the essential data they need to advocate for rational and necessary improvements to the design, maintenance, and policy of transportation systems.

Project by Theodore UIlrich and Aurash Khawarzad