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mbauman / TrafficSpeed

Using a cell phone video to detect traffic speeds
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Get a larger sample size #2

Open timothyfcook opened 8 years ago

timothyfcook commented 8 years ago

Matt, this is awesome!

It would be amazing to get a larger sample size as an undeniably significant proof of the problem.

Sprout Fund (where I work) has $1000 "Grand Ideas" fund. Your idea is grand. You could apply to get some small support to get a better camera, etc. whatever you need to record and process longer footage.

It would be powerful to publish the final document in an infographic that overlays the top-speeds with the danger-range where pedestrian death rates drastically increase.

Let me know how I can help.

mbauman commented 8 years ago

Thanks! My bandwidth is limited for projects like this, but I'm actively looking for folks who want to help gather more data. If I can manage to corral a team we'll definitely apply.

akgerber commented 8 years ago

Hey mbauman— I knew you in college and I saw this repo going around on Twitter.

I'm involved in transportation activism in New York now and have a dream of a smartphone app for activists that allows them to use an old smartphone for automatic speed reporting— basically, automating the speedgunning process that activists do: http://transalt.org/issues/speeding/McGuinnessBoulevard

This would allow us to put forth political pressure to, say, allow 24/7/365 speed camera operation in NYC, where our new speed cameras are currently limited to around school hours during the school year.