Benefits Goals: Mobility

614 unique benefits found.

In the Washington DC metropolitan area, drivers who use route-specific travel time information instead of wide-area traffic advisories can improve on-time performance by 5 to 13 percent.
Date Posted: 11/29/2005 | Source Date:
In Salt Lake Valley, Utah a ramp metering study showed that with an 8 second metering cycle, mainline peak period delay decreased by 36 percent, or 54 seconds per vehicle.
Date Posted: 11/29/2005 | Source Date:
In Utah, incident management teams in Salt Lake Valley area decreased incident duration by approximately 20 minutes per incident on three major interstates.
Date Posted: 11/29/2005 | Source Date:
Freight Information Real-Time System for Transport (FIRST): Evaluation Final Report
Date Posted: 06/07/2004 | Source Date:
Coordinated signal timing on the arterial network in Syracuse, New York reduced vehicular delay by 14 to 19 percent, decreased total stops by 11 to 16 percent, and increased average speed by 7 to 17 percent.
Date Posted: 05/21/2004 | Source Date:
On the Køge Bugt Motorway in Copenhagen, Denmark, travel times and alternative route information posted on dynamic message signs prompted 12 to 14 percent of drivers to divert onto less congested alternative routes.
Date Posted: 11/13/2003 | Source Date:
A simulation study in the Washington, DC area found that regular users of pre trip traveler information reduced their frequency early and late arrivals by 56 and 52 percent, respectively.
Date Posted: 11/13/2003 | Source Date:
When transit signal priority was not used in Portland, Oregon; bus travel times increased up to 4.2 percent during peak periods and up to 1.5 percent in non-peak periods.
Date Posted: 11/12/2003 | Source Date:
During the A.M. peak period, transit signal priority on an arterial route in Arlington, Virginia could reduce bus travel time by 4.0 to 9.1 percent, decrease person delay of bus passengers by 6.5 to 14.2 percent, and reduce transit vehicle stops by 1
Date Posted: 02/19/2003 | Source Date:
A simulation study found that drivers using traveler information arrived at their destination within 15 minutes of the target arrival time 79 percent of the time; this percentage drops to 42 without traveler information.
Date Posted: 02/19/2003 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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