Benefits Goals: Safety

593 unique benefits found.

Prototype pedestrian warning system has potential to minimize noise pollution.
Date Posted: 11/04/2016 | Source Date:
Advisory Variable Speed Limit System in Portland, Oregon reduces speed variation and the number of crashes in the area.
Date Posted: 10/31/2016 | Source Date:
Pedestrian detection system sufficiently warns driver before collision with pedestrian in 69 percent of cases.
Date Posted: 10/31/2016 | Source Date:
In Smart Zone work zones, 71 percent of local resident survey respondents found variable speed limit signs useful.
Date Posted: 10/28/2016 | Source Date:
Intelligent advanced warnings of end-of-green at signalized intersections led to more stopping and milder deceleration compared to no warnings.
Date Posted: 10/28/2016 | Source Date:
Brake assist systems and autonomous emergency braking systems were able to avoid vehicle-pedestrian crashes 12 percent and 42 percent of the time, respectively.
Date Posted: 09/12/2016 | Source Date:
Variable speed limit pilot found to be effective reducing the number of overall crashes.
Date Posted: 06/26/2016 | Source Date:
Deployment of special event signal timing plans has reduced queuing onto travel lanes of I-75 before events and reduced time for traffic to disperse after events to 90 minutes from 3 to 4 hours.
Date Posted: 05/27/2016 | Source Date:
Augmented speed enforcement system in work zone significantly reduced the number of vehicles traveling in excess of 65 mph
Date Posted: 04/26/2016 | Source Date:
Forward collision warning systems with adaptive braking and anticipatory collision safety features can mitigate severity in 53 percent of rear-end collisions.
Date Posted: 03/29/2016 | Source Date:
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