license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/traffic-count-shifts/
pretty_name: Facility Traffic Camera Counts (free sample)
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
- sample
- change-tracking-feeds
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: sample
data_files:
- split: train
path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
data_files:
- split: train
path: summary_by_event_type.csv
Facility Traffic Camera Counts: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
Truck and car counts every 15 minutes at 10 ports and plants from public DOT camera stills that the DOTs themselves never archive.
Headline: Caltrans says its traffic camera stills are neither retained nor archived, and 511GA keeps no history either, so activity at a port gate or plant exit leaves no public record.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 1,335 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/traffic-count-shifts/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_event_type.csv |
row counts by event type across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by event type (largest groups)
| Event type | rows |
|---|---|
| count | 1,305 |
| view_change | 14 |
| feed_down | 8 |
| feed_up | 8 |
| TOTAL | 1,335 |
Full table: summary_by_event_type.csv.
What the full file has
- 1,335 rows
- Key fields: observed_at, target, event_type, facility, org_oid, trucks, cars, buses, persons, vehicles
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 10 cameras at 10 facilities in California and Georgia; 1,305 counted frames. Frames from 2026-11-06T07:39:17Z to 2026-11-07T01:22:18Z (pilot; grows with every pass)
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
observed_at |
Frame time (UTC) |
target |
Camera id |
event_type |
count, view_change, feed_down or feed_up |
facility |
Facility the camera faces |
org_oid |
Tensorust Ontology organization |
trucks |
Trucks in frame |
cars |
Cars in frame |
buses |
Buses in frame |
persons |
People in frame |
vehicles |
All vehicles in frame |
roi_trucks |
Trucks inside the region of interest |
roi_cars |
Cars inside the region of interest |
view_ok |
Camera at its usual view |
view_score |
View match score |
brightness |
Mean brightness (night frames are dark) |
time_basis |
How the time was set |
model |
Detector |
frame_sha1 |
Frame hash (audit) |
image_path |
Stored still (available on request) |
source_url |
Camera page |
note |
Event detail for non-count rows |
trucks_running_median |
Camera's running median trucks |
trucks_shift |
Trucks minus running median |
vehicles_running_median |
Camera's running median vehicles |
vehicles_shift |
Vehicles minus running median |
hour_utc |
Hour (UTC) |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot history file | $490 | Every frame and count to date for all 10 facilities. |
| Monthly feed | $490 a month | The live feed for all cameras, updated every pass, plus monthly summaries by facility and hour. |
| Custom facility set | $18,000 a year | Up to 25 facilities of your choice where public DOT cameras exist, counted and kept, with stills on request. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/traffic-count-shifts/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Each pass fetches the current still (and for Caltrans up to 12 earlier stills), stores it, and counts objects with YOLO11. A view check correlates each frame with reference views of that camera; when the operator has panned or zoomed, the frame is flagged view_ok=false and excluded from the running median. Shift = this frame's count minus the camera's running median of in-view frames so far. Caltrans times are the image capture time; Georgia times are fetch time.
Not a DOT traffic counter (it is computer vision on camera stills) and not a measure of a facility's output: nine of the ten views show the public road at or near a facility, and most traffic on it is not caused by the facility. Night and weather lower detection. Early pilot with under a day of history; shifts become meaningful as weeks accumulate. No faces or plates are read or stored as data.
Sources
- Caltrans CWWP2 CCTV stills (public domain per dot.ca.gov conditions of use), https://cwwp2.dot.ca.gov/
- 511GA (Georgia DOT) public camera stills, https://511ga.org/cctv
- Object detection: Ultralytics YOLO11 (yolo11l), https://docs.ultralytics.com/models/yolo11/
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/traffic-count-shifts/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com