ACS Lite

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic delays
  • Highway traffic control systems
  • Light transmission
  • Traffic signals
  • Traffic congestion
  • Adaptive Control Software
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-06-083
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Abstract:
  A significant portion of traffic delays in metropolitan areas are caused by poor traffic signal timing. ACS Lite, a reduced-scale version of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Adaptive Control Software (ACS), offers small and medium-size communities a low-cost traffic control system that operates in real time, adjusting signal timing to accommodate changing traffic patterns and ease traffic congestion. ACS Lite can be used with new signals or to retrofit existing traffic signals. It is designed for closed-loop systems, providing cycle-by-cycle control. ACS Lite was developed by FHWA, in partnership with Siemens, Purdue University, and the University of Arizona.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56316/dot_56316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 682.63 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:00228c65bbf265013e804fea1ec8eaed10bf6110c8f1e97ddf93be9871c9221e8b76d9af1c10a06eb3b43a76f38e09c2658c20591c7c88daa2d5428dae072d55