Benefits Goals: Productivity

370 unique benefits found.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, work zone surveillance and response at the "Big I" Interchange reduced average clearance time by 44 percent.
Date Posted: 11/19/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that road weather information systems improved the efficiency of response strategies, reduced maintenance costs (staff, equipment and materials), assisted with crew scheduling, and improved data sharing.
Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that anti-icing techniques limit snow/ice bonding on roadways, improve plow efficiency, reduce the time required to clear snow/ice from roadways, reduce maintenance costs (overtime pay and materials), and reduce
Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
During a 1998 snow storm, Mn/DOT reduced roadway clearance costs by 18 percent on I-90 by activating a freeway gate closure system to limit vehicle interference and reduce snow compaction problems that increase work for plows.
Date Posted: 10/09/2001 | Source Date:
An analysis of the I-90 ramp closure system in Minnesota found benefit-cost ratios ranging from 0.13:1 to 3:1 with varying estimates of crash and delay reductions.
Date Posted: 10/09/2001 | Source Date:
Implementation of an anti-icing program in northern Idaho reduced winter maintenance labor hours by 62 percent and decreased abrasives usage by 83 percent.
Date Posted: 10/05/2001 | Source Date:
The payback period for expansion of an adaptive signal control system in Toronto, Canada was estimated at less than two years.
Date Posted: 06/18/2001 | Source Date:
In Japan, a guidance-vehicles system designed to lead traffic through heavy fog on freeways was projected to have a benefit-to-cost ratio ranging from 1.7:1 to 2.1:1.
Date Posted: 06/13/2001 | Source Date:
FleetForward Evaluation, Final Report.
Date Posted: 06/04/2001 | Source Date:
In the mid-continent transportation corridor, a study of electronic screening technologies found that benefit-to-cost ratios for motor carriers and state agencies range from 6.0:1 to 11.9:1.
Date Posted: 05/23/2001 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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