Intelligent transportation is a system that combines data-driven information with traffic management to achieve intelligent monitoring and retrieval functions. In order to further improve the retrieval accuracy of the system model, a new retrieval model was designed. The functional requirements of the system were summarized, and the three stages of data preprocessing, feature matching, and feature extraction were analyzed in detail. The study adopted preprocessing measures such as equalization and normalization to minimize the negative effects of noise and brightness. Based on the performance of various algorithms, the distance method was selected as the feature matching method, which has a wider applicability and is better at processing bulk data. Next, the study utilizes Euclidean distance method to extract keyframes and divides the feature extraction into three parts: color, shape, and texture. The methods of color moment, canny operator, and grayscale cooccurrence matrix are used to extract them, and ultimately achieve relevant image retrieval. The research conducted multiple experiments on the retrieval performance of the model, and analyzed the results of retrieving single and mixed features. The experimental results showed that the algorithm performed better in the face of mixed feature extraction. Compared with the average value of a single feature, the recall and precision of the three mixed features increased by 13.78% and 15.64%, respectively. Moreover, in the case of a large number of concurrent features, the algorithm also met the basic requirements. When the concurrent number was 100, the average response time of the algorithm is 4.46 seconds. Therefore, the algorithm proposed by the research institute effectively improves the ability of video retrieval and can meet the requirements of timeliness, which can be widely applied in practical applications.