Currently, traffic count surveys of vehicles and pedestrians at road junctions and pedestrian crossings are mainly performed by manual counting and recording on site. Processing of the collected data entail massive manual efforts and are prone to human error. Automatic video analytic technologies for pedestrian/vehicle counting and classification are considered suitable to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the traffic surveys. Proof of concept at roads junctions in Hong Kong including roundabout, signalized road junction with pedestrian crossings, to verify the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed solution under Hong Kong conditions is considered necessary.
