Test and evaluation of Bluetooth® technology for measuring freight facility traffic flows: Bayport case study
David H. Bierling, C. James Kruse, Tony P Voigt, Michael J Vickich, Jonathan Tydlacka, Ryan C Skinner · 2015
This project was a test and evaluation of Bluetooth technology for identifying container truck traffic at the Port of Houston Authority Bayport Container Terminal and truck utilization of roadways in the Houston area. The project demonstrated that Bluetooth technology can be used to collect information about vehicles calling at the Bayport terminal and other locations on roadways in the Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The information can be compiled, ordered, and analyzed to determine traffic patterns for these vehicles and identify, based on those traffic patterns, which vehicles are likely to be container trucks. A 10 percent level of penetration of Bluetooth readings in the overall truck traffic flow into and out of Bayport was recorded.