The In|Sync Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System has been changing the game in over 150 cities and counties across the United States. One of the areas that have recently adopted and implemented In|Sync is Miami-Dade County in Florida, specifically initiating the use of the technology…
Rhythm Engineering’s In|Sync, the only true real-time adaptive traffic solution, was selected by the The City of Pleasant Hill, IA for implementation on 13 signalized intersections. The city was looking to improve the operations on the Iowa Highway 163 by accommodating peak periods and real-time…
Traffic Problems Faced: The landscapes of today’s cities are so dynamic. It’s hard to even imagine, we ever lived in times without cars or without traffic. Traffic flows are hard to understand, to predict and to manage. It becomes a hard-hitting problem when we start seeing more vehicle crashes, congestions and citizen complaints. Pinellas County,…
The state of Virginia had a problem. Across multiple jurisdictions, traffic flow issues were rampant. Each corridor and signal was different, with unique structure, volume, speed limit and control need; but they needed a solution that would solve traffic congestion across the state. What could…
Adaptive traffic control systems help improve communities and intersections across the world. But what is an adaptive traffic control system? Today we hope to clear that up. Adaptive traffic control systems aren’t as complex as they sound. At the very base, its technology that makes…
Environmental sustainability is a mounting concern for public agencies as the relationship between transportation and global climate change becomes clearer. A recent report* by the Environmental Protection Agency states that the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from traffic account for about 28% of the total U.S.…
Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is one of the most cost-effective approaches to enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of transit operations. However, while many TSP implementations have minimal impact on non-transit vehicle travel times, there are cases where TSP deployments have created additional delay for non-transit…
The modern traffic signal is an ever-present fact of life for motorists, but controlling traffic flow through green and red indicators was an idea pioneered long before motor vehicles were the standard mode of ground transportation. In 1868, J.P. Knight — a British engineer and…
Imagine shipping a nice wooden coffee table from one part of the world to another. It seems easy enough and relatively trivial at the outset. The customer pays for it and you simply place a coffee table in a box, wrap it up nicely and…
As cities grow and vehicle volumes increase, Adaptive Signal Control Technology (ASCT) is coming into the spotlight ever more often. Traffic patterns are known to be unpredictable and time-based systems are no longer a panacea for improving traffic signal operations. Only proven, financially sound, real-time…