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Benefits: Public Safety

126 unique benefits found.

Benefit-Cost Ratios of up to 25.8:1 have been produced in regions with aggressive Freeway Service Patrol programs.
Date Posted: 03/26/2014 | Source Date:
Michigan DOT Freeway Courtesy Patrol evaluation estimates benefit cost ratio of 15:1 and substantial savings in traffic delays and harmful emissions.
Date Posted: 03/25/2014 | Source Date:
The benefits of multidisciplinary TIM operations yielded an annual reduction in incident duration of 28.6 percent and in vehicle-hours of delay of approximately 30 million in Maryland.
Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
The benefits of multidisciplinary TIM operations yielded an annual reduction in average incident duration of 46 minutes and in secondary crashes of 69 percent in Atlanta Georgia.
Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
Break even point calculated for an incident response program: reducing 30 seconds per incident results in $711,300 reduction in costs of delay, equivalent to the cost of operating the incident response program for a year.
Date Posted: 09/17/2013 | Source Date:
Korean study finds Automatic Crash Information Notification Systems would reduce freeway fatalities by 11.8 to 18.1 percent.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
Field data collected over the last two decades show variable speed limit (VSL) systems can reduce crash potential by 8 to 30 percent.
Date Posted: 12/07/2012 | Source Date:
In 2009, the Washington State DOT Incident Response Team was able to clear 98 percent of incidents in under an hour and nearly three quarters in less than 15 minutes.
Date Posted: 10/31/2012 | Source Date:
Simulated deployment of Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) technologies on the I-394 corridor in Minneapolis show a benefit-cost ratio of 22:1 over ten years.
Date Posted: 10/31/2012 | Source Date:
A multi-jurisdictional emergency response crew in the Phoenix metropolitan area provides services to six cities with a benefit-cost ratio of 6.4:1.
Date Posted: 10/02/2012 | Source Date:
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