Benefits Goals: Efficiency

220 unique benefits found.

Express Toll Lanes in Virginia Reduce Travel Time by Up To 36.1 Percent, According to Simulation Study.
Date Posted: 12/22/2021 | Source Date:
Field Testing of Coordinated Ramp Metering on a California Highway Resulted in an Average of 7.25 Percent Increase in Ratio of Vehicle Miles Travelled to Vehicle Hours Travelled During the AM Peak Hours, Indicating Traffic Improvement.
Date Posted: 10/29/2021 | Source Date:
AV Microsimulation Findings Reveal an AV-Exclusive Lane May Increase Traffic Flow and Density by up to 14 Percent and 24 Percent, Respectively.
Date Posted: 10/27/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation of Connected and Automated Vehicle Applications Shows That Up to 30 Percent More Traffic Demand Can Be Satisfied with Bundled Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control, Speed Harmonization, and Cooperative Merge at High Market Penetration.
Date Posted: 09/27/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation Study Estimates Energy Use Reduced by 5.7 Percent When 20 Percent of Package Deliveries Are Shifted from Truck to Drone-Based Delivery.
Date Posted: 06/28/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation Models Suggest that Cooperative Lane Change Maneuvers Among Connected Autonomous Vehicles Can Decrease Vehicle Stops by 89 Percent, Improve Travel Time by 22 Percent, and Reduce Fuel Consumption by Seven Percent.
Date Posted: 06/21/2021 | Source Date:
Microsimulation Results Show That Truck Platoons Equipped With Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Technology Can Increase Traffic Throughput by Nearly Six Percent on Freeway Sections With Bottleneck Congestion.
Date Posted: 06/21/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation Study of Texas' Roadways Estimates that CAVs Can Save More Than 2,400 Lives Each Year by the Time 90 Percent Market Penetration is Reached.
Date Posted: 05/27/2021 | Source Date:
Cooperative Automated Driving Systems Can Increase Managed Lane Freeway Capacity by over 50 Percent and Reduce Average Delay by 80 Percent.
Date Posted: 05/20/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation Study Estimates a Fleet of Automated and Connected Automated Vehicles Would Increase Freeway Capacity by 28 to 92 Percent.
Date Posted: 04/30/2021 | Source Date:
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