ENERGY SAVINGS FROM SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION: EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA'S STATEWIDE PROGRAM. SESSION 13

This paper reports results from a statewide program designed to retime signals to produce more energy-efficient traffic flow. Developed by the California Energy Commission, the Fuel Efficient Traffic Signal Management Program provides funds, training and technical assistance to local agencies for fuel-saving traffic signal retiming. The paper describes the FETSIM program's design and implementation and discusses its impacts. Research using an instrumented vehicle to measure in-place performance also is presented. Participants' responses to the program then are considered, and continuing activities of the program are discussed. The concluding section of the paper presents an evaluation of the program, taking into consideration longer-term effectiveness, staffing considerations, and market potential. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the Institute of Transportation Engineers 54th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 23-27, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Deakin, E A
  • May, A D
  • Skabardonis, A
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Technical Papers, 1984
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy conservation; Fuel consumption; Impact studies; Implementation; Optimization; Reduction (Chemistry); Traffic delays; Traffic signal timing
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390616
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM