I want to calculate traffic density of roadways near intersections and also midblock sections on urban roads. I have video recordings for different locations. So, I want to know about any reliable methods to calculate road density from the videos.
It's very hard to have an accurate density's values with simple videos, but your can estimate the density in every time interval by considering the headways (simple to estimate from videos). Namely, you calculate the mean headway x inverse (1/x) to estimate the density