Telraam (Dutch for abacus, as well as a play on words on ‘count’ (tel) and ‘window’ (raam)) is a device that can be mounted to windows and that automatically counts how many pedestrians, cyclists, cars and heavy vehicles are moving through the street. The data collected is then made publicly available with a view to also being used by policy makers and authorities to make infrastructure, traffic lights and traffic management plans more efficient and effective.
Schools can also use the Telraam to automatically count how many parents are walking and cycling with their children to school. They can use it to, for example, measure whether activities focused on encouraging walking and cycling to school are having an effect, without the need for manually counting every morning and afternoon.
The Telraam S2 device counting the number of road users per category. This device will, in the near future, also be able to more precisely differentiate between types of road users, with the heavy vehicles category for example being further differentiated into vans, trucks, buses, trailers and tractors. Source: Telraam.
The Telraam can also estimate the speed distribution of car traffic as well as the 85th percentile speed. This data can be particularly useful for schools and kindergartens that want to ask the authorities to set a 30 km/h zone or speed limit around their school, or for better enforcement if one is already established.
The map on the Telraam website, showing the live measurements of the last hour per device. Source: Telraam
More Information
Telraam’s map of live counters.
Telraam was developed with the support of Belgian and European Union funds.