Bridget Klebaur 06.13.13
TransCore’s SCATS adaptive signal control technology is featured as one of the notable success stories in the recent American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.
Under the Road Category, the report spotlights the Atlanta Smart Corridor project that deployed SCATS along an extended stretch of highway encompassing 29 intersections. The return on investment was quick, with the savings estimated at $5.9 million annually due to reduced vehicle travel times and a 34% reduction in fuel consumption.
By deploying an intelligent transportation system with adaptive capabilities, the traffic system responds to traffic patterns as they occur and reduces choke points in the roadway network, and subsequently reduces vehicle emissions, fuel consumption and travel times while increasing the communities’ quality of life.
Due to the immediate results of the program, Cobb County Department of Transportation expanded its adaptive traffic signal control system last year, nearly doubling its use of the SCATS technology and making it the second largest deployment in the United States.
SCATS is currently one of the most widely used adaptive traffic control systems around the world, controlling more than 30,000 intersections globally and more than 1,000 intersections in the United States.
Under the Road Category, the report spotlights the Atlanta Smart Corridor project that deployed SCATS along an extended stretch of highway encompassing 29 intersections. The return on investment was quick, with the savings estimated at $5.9 million annually due to reduced vehicle travel times and a 34% reduction in fuel consumption.
By deploying an intelligent transportation system with adaptive capabilities, the traffic system responds to traffic patterns as they occur and reduces choke points in the roadway network, and subsequently reduces vehicle emissions, fuel consumption and travel times while increasing the communities’ quality of life.
Due to the immediate results of the program, Cobb County Department of Transportation expanded its adaptive traffic signal control system last year, nearly doubling its use of the SCATS technology and making it the second largest deployment in the United States.
SCATS is currently one of the most widely used adaptive traffic control systems around the world, controlling more than 30,000 intersections globally and more than 1,000 intersections in the United States.