Skip to main content

Laser axle sensors deliver accurate traffic data

The Iowa Department of Transportation in the US has selected Peek's AxleLight non-intrusive laser axle sensors installed in a permanent site along Interstate 35/80 in Des Moines. This is the first time that the AxleLight sensors, normally designed as a temporary study tool, have been installed in permanent roadside cabinets. AxleLight sensors shoot a beam of non-visible laser light across the roadway, just a few centimetres above the pavement. Using these sensors, and the ADR family of Automatic Data Record
February 24, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
The 1229 Iowa Department of Transportation in the US has selected Peek's AxleLight non-intrusive laser axle sensors installed in a permanent site along Interstate 35/80 in Des Moines.

This is the first time that the AxleLight sensors, normally designed as a temporary study tool, have been installed in permanent roadside cabinets.

AxleLight sensors shoot a beam of non-visible laser light across the roadway, just a few centimetres above the pavement. Using these sensors, and the ADR family of Automatic Data Recorders from Peek Traffic, state and municipal governments can count, classify, and analyse traffic flow.

Peek worked with the Iowa DOT to certify that the AxleLight units would satisfy the state's high accuracy requirements in the permanent installation environment. The department is using the AxleLight, along with the solar panels and wind turbines that are powering the units, as both a solid and safe source of valuable traffic flow data, and also as an example of 'green' technology at work.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Accurate road scanning with WDM
    January 24, 2022
    UK firm WDM has developed an innovative road assessment vehicle (RAV), capable of carrying out accurate surveys quickly. The RAV is equipped with an array of sensors that allow it to measure the various parameters needed to meet the UK SCANNER specification.
  • US road asset map
    November 7, 2024
    Blyncsy sets out US road asset map.
  • Bartco and SRL Traffic Systems develop integrated traffic lights
    April 7, 2017
    Variable message sign manufacturer Bartco UK says it is working with SRL Traffic Systems to create a portable variable message sign (VMS) to be integrated with temporary traffic lights SRL Traffic Systems approached Bartco UK to create the manufacturer’s smallest VMS, designed to show basic safety information during temporary traffic light installation and road works.
  • Guiding hand from Pexco
    February 9, 2012
    A lane separation system from Pexco is guiding more than 6,000 vehicles each day through changing traffic patterns.