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The Estimated Annual Cost to Operate a Port in a Major Urban Area with Level 4 Automated Trucks in Queue Ranges from $75.1million to $123.4 million.

As freight imports to the US continue to increase, several US agencies are seeking ways to improve the efficiency of drayage trucking at ports by evaluating the impacts of Intelligent Transportation…
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01/26/2024

Virtual Gate Technology Used To Conduct Port Terminal Transactions at Off-Site Truck Staging Areas Can Improve Truck Loading and Waiting Times and Reduce Drayage Area Turn Times by 20 Percent Contributing To Benefit-To-Cost Ratios As High as 14.55.

METHODOLOGY The four solutions chosen for detailed feasibility analyses were: (i) off-site parking and staging, (ii) off-site parking and staging combined with a “virtual gate” where some terminal…
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Date Posted
01/26/2024

Automated enforcement systems that check motor carrier compliance with weight-distance tax regulations could recover up to $10.4 million annually from tax evaders in Kentucky.

FINDINGS The analysis showed that remote enforcement and identification of tax evaders could generate up to $10.4 million annually in revenue for Kentucky. Implementation of KATS weigh stations was…
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Date Posted
10/16/2019

Adding an Automated License Plate Reader system to supplement an electronic credentialing system produces an estimated benefit cost ratio of 26.2:1.

FindingsTable 2: Net Benefit of ALPR InvestmentAnnual Benefit Time Savings* $2,074,409 Fine revenue** $1,132,583 Fuel Savings* $431,089 Emission Reduction* $111,324 Accident…
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Date Posted
05/09/2013

In a test using RFID tags for border crossing identification, full electronic verification and screening took place in one second compared to 15 minutes when done manually, and correctly identified vehicles' compliancy status 99 percent of the time.

MethodologyThe study's authors did an initial "base case" evaluation of existing operations at the border-crossing in order to correctly assess how the electronic screening affected operations for…
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Date Posted
10/02/2012

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection ACE e-Manifest System provides annual cost savings of over $2,000 to carriers and inspection staff in all but one scenario analyzed.

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FindingsSurvey based results on the e-Manifest system were mixed primarily due to early adoption learning curves, as well as high training and other initial setup costs. While a web-portal system is…
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Date Posted
10/02/2012