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The system provides a method for gathering and sending monitored traffic data via a short messaging system message over a wireless network through a publicly switched telephone network ("PSTN") to a central computer. A remote traffic monitoring unit acts as a data collection device collecting data r

The system provides a method for gathering and sending monitored traffic data via a short messaging system message over a wireless network through a publicly switched telephone network ("PSTN") to a central computer. A remote traffic monitoring unit acts as a data collection device collecting data regarding the traffic count and other conditions at its particular location. The remote traffic monitoring unit can monitor different types of traffic-for example, motor vehicles, trains, and pedestrians. The system routes data messages including monitored traffic count data from the remote traffic monitoring unit to a central computer and routes control information from the central computer to the remote traffic monitoring unit. The system maintains and processes count data of traffic at a remote location and is capable of collecting the count data including a remote traffic monitoring device adapted to gather traffic count data, formatting the traffic count data into a short message service message, and transmitting the short message service message via a wireless transmission; comprising a central computer for receiving the traffic count data from the remote traffic monitoring device.

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1. A remote traffic monitoring device for use with a wireless network, having a control channel, comprising:a) a first object sensing device adapted to generate a signal representing the presence of the object; b) a first counting device coupled to the object sensing device, the counting device adap

1. A remote traffic monitoring device for use with a wireless network, having a control channel, comprising:a) a first object sensing device adapted to generate a signal representing the presence of the object; b) a first counting device coupled to the object sensing device, the counting device adapted to maintain count data, receive the signal representing the presence of the object from the sensing device, and increment the count data for each signal received from the sensing device; c) a processor coupled to the counting device, the processor adapted to receive the count data from the counting device and format count data and data identifying the device in a short message service message; and d) a messaging transceiver coupled to the processor, the transceiver adapted to receive the short message service message from the processor and transmit the short message service message over the control channel of the wireless network.