--- a/python/storage.py	Thu Oct 29 14:29:31 2015 -0400
+++ b/python/storage.py	Thu Oct 29 16:31:23 2015 -0400
@@ -749,6 +749,18 @@
     out.close()
     shutil.os.remove(sqlScriptFilename)
 
+def loadObjectNumbersInLinkFromVissimFile(filename, linkIds):
+    '''Finds the ids of the objects that go through any of the link in the list linkIds'''
+    connection = sqlite3.connect(filename)
+    cursor = connection.cursor()
+    queryStatement = 'SELECT DISTINCT trajectory_id FROM curvilinear_positions where link_id IN ('+','.join([str(id) for id in linkIds])+')'
+    try:
+        cursor.execute(queryStatement)
+        return [row[0] for row in cursor]
+    except sqlite3.OperationalError as error:
+        printDBError(error)
+
+
 def loadTrajectoriesFromVissimFile(filename, simulationStepsPerTimeUnit, objectNumbers = None, warmUpLastInstant = None, usePandas = False, nDecimals = 2, lowMemory = True):
     '''Reads data from VISSIM .fzp trajectory file
     simulationStepsPerTimeUnit is the number of simulation steps per unit of time used by VISSIM