InSync Traffic System Adapts to Traffic Conditions
Rhythm Engineering, a multi-disciplinary group of engineers and software developers committed to bringing cost-effective technological solutions to the transportation industry, have successfully developed InSync, an artificial intelligence-based Next Generation Adaptive Traffic Signal System.
InSync was implemented with the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) Route 291 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, between Route 50 and Interstate 470 earlier this year, improving traffic conditions immediately along the two-and-one-half-mile corridor which includes 12 traffic signals.
“This is state-of-the-art traffic technology, and we’re excited to be part of this groundbreaking system that will likely change how traffic is managed in Missouri and across the country,” said Tom Evans, a MoDOT traffic engineer. “Due to the odd spacing between traffic signals along this particular corridor, we struggled for years to reduce the red lights. Since InSync was installed, the report shows we have a 90 percent reduction in stops, travel time has improved by 30 percent, fuel consumption is down 20 percent and emissions down 30 percent.”
Reggie Chandra, president and CEO of Kansas-based Rhythm Engineering, developed this state-of-the-art traffic software out of frustration as a young traffic engineer.
“The traffic industry was behind some 30-50 years in technology, and I was determined to create something that worked and was easy to deploy. InSync is the result of much hard work and a little luck,” Chandra said.
The Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City has evaluated the InSync system’s effectiveness and showed remarkable improvement with many benefits. InSync has proven itself to be the most effective adaptive system in the market. The InSync traffic system has been installed in several regions of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Georgia with success.
“This technology is different than any other system operating today. It addresses limitations and deficiencies that nearly every traffic control system has. For a long time, traffic engineers have been hoping for a significant innovation in traffic control and here it is,” said Matt Selinger, traffic section manager for HDR in Omaha, Nebraska.
For more information on the InSync traffic system and Rhythm Engineering, visit www.rhythmtraffic.com.
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