Case Study
Atlanta’s Regional Traffic Operations Program (RTOP) Selects Intelligent and Safe Nickel-Zinc Battery UPS to Fight Congestion
Atlanta’s Regional Traffic Operations Program (RTOP) Selects Intelligent and Safe Nickel-Zinc Battery UPS to Fight Congestion
UPStealth Living-Hinge Battery Panel UPStealth 170 Inverter/Controller Case Study Atlanta, Georgia Challenge: With more than fi ve million residents, Atlanta, Georgia is the third fastest growing metro area in the nation. Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) faced an aging infrastructure and traffi c congestion, but with the real challenge being power quality issues and intermittent power outages caused by severe weather. Many of the power quality problems GDOT faced were at old intersections where brown-out issues were exacerbated by the failures of the lead-acid battery UPS’s installed in the traffi c cabinets. Other problem intersections were in areas of high vehicle traffi c and pedestrian traffi c with valuable sidewalk space, such as the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Ha