Research on the characteristics of traffic ow with the use of video registration

The article outlines the video registration method as well as research based on obtained video footage of the characteristics of traffic flow. The method is flexible and makes it possible to research various traffic characteristics. The article presents the method’s assumptions and the manner in which traffic flow characteristics were measured. The method of registering traffic flow parameters on video was implemented in 2012 in selected sections of Katowice’s road network. An important feature is the possibility of traffic flow parameterization with the use of popular camcorders. The thus-obtained footage is processed using so-called open library vision graphics procedures in order to establish traffic flow characteristics in near real-time.