SCATS (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System) is a dynamic, adaptive area traffic control system that continuously adjusts the traffic signal settings based on measured traffic demand. The system also provides route linking, real time on-line alarm monitoring and remote control of traffic signals. The system was developed in Australia. VicRoads, the road authority for the state of Victoria, Australia, uses SCATS as one of its primary traffic control systems. Victoria's capital, Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, has a population of 3.4 million and is spread over an area of approximately 1700 square kilometres. Of the 2800 sets of controlled traffic junctions in Melbourne, 2400 are controlled by SCATS. The SCATS system has been redeveloped as SCATS 2. Rather than a traffic management system centred on advanced traffic management, SCATS2 is a platform which allows integration of a multitude of ITS applications, including advanced state-of-the-art traffic management, public transport priority, incident management systems and the like. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E209537. This paper may also be accessed by Internet users at: http://www.btre.gov.au/docs/atrf_02/program.html
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