ITS Texas Training - November 11, 2009

ACS Lite - Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration

ITS Texas will offer its Fall technical training in conjunction with the 2009 annual meeting on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in Galveston.

The training course will be on ACS-Lite and is free ($0) due to the generous underwriting support of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). More details on the contents of the training will be posted shortly.

The number of seats for this unique opportunity is limited to 75.

Retiming traffic signals on a 3-5 year frequency is considered best practice for traffic signal operations.  Does this practice adequately meet the needs of system users; minimize fuel consumption and climactic impacts?  Do we know enough about the performance of traffic signal systems, active traffic signal operations resource needs and the benefits of adaptive systems to make sound investment decisions?  What adaptive technologies are currently available, are they effective and where does ACS-Lite fit into the mix.

At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to:

• Describe the current state of the practice in traffic signal operations from a national perspective.
• Describe the signal timing process and how it can be supplemented and improved with adaptive systems
• Describe the fundamental operations concept for ACS-Lite
• Describe the system configuration needs, detection and communications requirements for ACS-Lite.
• Describe the how the split tuning and offset tuning algorithms work within ACS-Lite to optimize signal timing.
• Describe the staffing and resource requirements to manage and operate adaptive systems.

The training will be presented by a combination of skilled professionals from FHWA, Siemens, and Texas engineers who have deployed ACS-Lite in their jurisdictions.

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Registration for this unique opportunity is currently open! Remember that participation is limited to the first 75 registrants. Register now to resere your seat.

Visit our 2009 annual meeting web page for more information about the annual meeting and for the registration link.