About Us
Rhythm Engineering is a privately-held U.S. company that designs, develops, directly sells and supports innovative traffic management solutions to public transportation agencies. Our mission is to be the global leader in traffic control solutions that bring people to their destinations faster and more safely.
InSync, our flagship product, is a real-time adaptive traffic control system that enables traffic signals to adapt to actual traffic demand moment by moment. More U.S. traffic agencies select InSync than any other adaptive traffic control system. Currently, InSync is the solution of choice for more than 600 intersections in 17 states. More than 1.5 million vehicles use InSync corridors each day, allowing millions of American motorists to enjoy the benefits of better, smarter traffic flow.
Our multi-disciplinary team has a background in traffic and transportation engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, wireless communications, Ethernet networking, traffic management center (TMC) design/deployment/operations, traffic control hardware and software, and system integration. Adaptive traffic control system (ATCS) deployment in any U.S. region, traffic conditions or other challenges is our core competency.
Accolades for Rhythm Engineering and InSync
- 64th fastest growing private company in the U.S., Inc. 500, 2011
- Fastest growing company in the greater Kansas City area, Ingram’s, 2011
- Kansas Governor’s Energy Efficiency Recognition Award, 2010 (read more)
- Project of the Year Award from the Mid-Atlantic Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (MASITE) for Dewberry’s road diet using InSync in Carlisle, PA, 2011 (read more)
- Excellence in Transportation Award from the Kansas City Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (KCITE) for the City of Lee’s Summit, MO’s InSync project, 2011 (read more)
History
Dr. Reggie Chandra, P.E. spent a large portion of his career in public service as a traffic engineer, managing traffic for municipal agencies and leading prestigious multi-jurisdictional intelligent transportation system (ITS) projects such as the $56 million federally-, state- and locally-funded Operation Green Light.
Because of his passion to improve traffic flow, Dr. Chandra grew frustrated with the tools available for him to perform his job. He knew the technology had fallen decades behind, yielding crowded roadways, smog, and wasted time and fuel. He also knew traffic engineers alone didn’t have the answers.
In 2005, he set out to find a solution entrepreneurially by assembling a team of computer scientists and mathematicians uninhibited by traffic engineers’ preconceived limitations. They developed a vehicle-counting camera that laid the groundwork for what Chandra had envisioned since the 1990s.
In February of 2008, the team flipped the switch on an artificially intelligent, digital system that could time lights and coordinate signals to automatically respond to traffic in real time. As a result, he revolutionized the traffic industry.
“The first time we turned the adaptive system on, it was like… holding my daughter for the first time,” he said. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, this really works.’”
Since its launch, InSync has become the top selling adaptive traffic control system in the United States. It is the fastest growing adaptive traffic control system in U.S. history and deployed by more agencies than all other adaptive traffic control systems combined.