The Road Traffic Equipment and Analysis Laboratory (UETRAF) is part of the Planning, Traffic and Safety Unit (NPTS), of the Transportation Department of LNEC.
UETRAF was created in 2010 with a view to supporting the collection, validation, and organization of road traffic information in databases appropriate for supporting observational traffic studies, as required by LNEC’s research activities and external requests.
Additional information can be found in this laboratory's flyer.
Activity areas
The activity developed at UETRAF consists in collecting and managing information referring to the road transport system operation, particularly as regards those aspects related to mobility, safety, economy and environment which require the collection and processing of different data on the road network elements, the national vehicle fleet, accidents, traffic and other.
The activity carried out at UETRAF follows four major lines:
Testing
The UETRAF performs, among others, the following field tests:
Other services
Further to the described field and laboratory characterization studies, usually within LNEC’s planned research and research under contract for external entities, UETRAF may also cooperate in: