Rilievo automatico dei passeggeri e del carico dei veicoli / "Automatic passenger counting and vehicle load monitoring"

This article describes and compares the new technologies for the automatic counting of the passengers on both railway and road vehicles, highlighting their advantages and issues, with general indications on their respective levels of outlay. It also deals with the monitoring systems for weigh in motion, indirect measurement of the transported passengers and some proposals based upon solutions and/or applications which are not reported to have been tested so far. It also highlights some procedures aimed at improving the quality of data and ascertaining their accuracy, besides indicating methods for the analysis of collected data in order to estimate the flow of passengers in a given area.