Where Data and Results Converge

Benefits

Intersect is a transportation planning tool that combines big data analytics and traditional traffic analysis to identify traffic data at intersections more efficiently than ever before, without the need for traditional manual or electronic counts.

24/7 accessible data for any intersection

Year-round availability for data collection—easy adjustments to account for holidays, summer months, etc.

Fewer steps yield more efficiency and faster results—a cost and time savings

A larger data set offers more reliability and accuracy

Customizable output

Virtual collection minimizes field work and enhances safety

Viable tool during typical and atypical traffic conditions

Innovative platform for developing traffic volumes

Collecting traffic data is a critical piece of advancing transportation projects. Intersect, VHB’s latest technology-driven innovation, revolutionizes the way we account for traffic volumes at urban, suburban, or rural intersections during typical and atypical circumstances.

Intersect's Innovative Process

Intersect Leverages Probe Data in a Big Data Environment

Probe data is a geospatial set of collected data points that need to be aggregated by algorithms to produce a single value. The development of intersection volumes is the sum of the individual records using a “point-to-point” concept.

Intersect Identifies Control Points

Leveraging probe data over multiple days improves the normalization process for developing intersection design volumes. While not required, the use of additional control points, where available, can provide a point of reference for verifying the intersection volumes and increasing the reliability of the data.

Intersect’s Balanced Flow Approach

Essentially, what goes into an intersection is expected to exit an intersection. It is ideal to have the intersection traffic volumes balance with both directions of a control point and for all approaches to the intersection.

Intersect’s Process and Data Validation

Traffic counts are a critical piece of advancing transportation efforts, and often where a project begins. Intersect provides the flexibility to use big data and revolutionizes the way we account for traffic volumes.

Get In Touch

To learn more about Intersect and how VHB can help keep your critical transportation projects moving, please contact Amir Rizavi, PE, ENV SP, Intersect Program Director.