Benefits Goals: Safety

593 unique benefits found.

Implementing an enhanced Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) system in all passenger vehicles in the US could help improve outcomes for over 15,200 drivers each year involved in moderate to high severity crashes.
Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
Weather Notification System issues on time alerts 88.9 percent of time, but message coverage remains incomplete.
Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
Mandatory dynamic automatic controlling Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) could reduce fatal crashes over the entire road network by more than 50 percent, whereas static informing ISA could still give a reduction of almost 20 percent.
Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
An Arterial Service Patrol deployed during the re-construction of I-64 in St. Louis had a benefit-cost ratio of 8.3:1, lowered secondary crashes by 183 per year, and reduced annual congestion costs by $1,034,000.
Date Posted: 04/26/2011 | Source Date:
The St. Louis Motorist Assist program had a benefit-cost ratio of 38.25:1, with annual secondary crashes lowered by 1,082 and annual congestion costs lowered by $1,130,000.
Date Posted: 04/26/2011 | Source Date:
Red light camera enforcement programs in 14 cities in the U.S. reduced the per capita rate of fatal red light running crashes by 24 percent.
Date Posted: 04/11/2011 | Source Date:
A Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) used by MaineDOT aided maintenance crews by providing visual aids to track storms, recommending treatments, extending trend forecasts, and creating training opportunities.
Date Posted: 12/19/2010 | Source Date:
In fiscal year 2008/2009, the Miami-Dade Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Team reduced the average roadway clearance time by 11 percent from the previous year.
Date Posted: 08/13/2010 | Source Date:
Cost-benefit analysis from 132 red-light camera treatment sites in California, Maryland and North Carolina showed a positive crash reduction benefit of approximately $39,000 per site per year when property-damage-only (PDO) crashes are included and $
Date Posted: 06/07/2010 | Source Date:
The deployment of side object detection systems on 257 transit buses in two different transit agencies reduced the side collision rate per 100,000 Vehicle Miles Traveled by 0.186.
Date Posted: 03/15/2010 | Source Date:
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