Benefits Goals: Safety

593 unique benefits found.

Study finds that Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) were associated with 44 percent and 41 percent reductions, respectively, in the rear-end crash rate of large trucks.
Date Posted: 10/19/2020 | Source Date:
Evaluation of various Wrong Way detection systems found that the best system was able to achieve 95 percent detection system accuracy
Date Posted: 09/04/2020 | Source Date:
More efficient adaptive signal timing settings do not always result in a lesser number of conflicts than pre-optimized signal timing settings
Date Posted: 09/04/2020 | Source Date:
A camera vision-based collision avoidance system (CAS) installed on buses in Miami-Dade had a benefit-cost ratio ranging from 1.24 to 1.86 on routes with high historical crash rates.
Date Posted: 07/29/2020 | Source Date:
A study of London’s bike sharing system finds net safety and health benefits.
Date Posted: 06/24/2020 | Source Date:
Affirmative street-crossing notifications were found to be more reliable and trusted than negative notifications in a sample set of older pedestrians.
Date Posted: 05/20/2020 | Source Date:
A study in Hubei, China demonstrated how virtual reality training can reduce risky pedestrian behaviors.
Date Posted: 03/24/2020 | Source Date:
Driver compliance at crosswalks increased 10 to 45 percent after smart crosswalk systems were implemented in British Columbia.
Date Posted: 03/24/2020 | Source Date:
Crowdsourced data can be timelier than agency-generated data enabling TMCs to respond to minor incidents and developing congestion 3 to 16 minutes sooner.
Date Posted: 02/25/2020 | Source Date:
Comprehensive analysis of automated vehicles in mixed traffic finds they could reduce travel time by up to 26 percent.
Date Posted: 02/24/2020 | Source Date:
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