Benefits Goals: Safety

611 unique benefits found.

In Orlando, a TravTek simulation study found that motorists that use navigation devices reduce their crash risk by 4 percent as a result of improved wrong turn performance and the tendency of the system to route them through higher class (normally sa
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Installing new traffic signals in Japan reduced crash frequency by 75 to 78 percent and upgrading existing traffic signals reduced accidents up to 65 percent.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
A prototype CVO electronic screening and credentialing system deployed on two interstate corridors was projected to have a benefit-to-cost ratio of 3.6 over 20 years as a result of improved safety and productivity for agencies and commercial carriers
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Evaluation Results of Three Prototype Automatic Truck Rollover Warning Systems
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Automated speed enforcement in England has increased capacity by 5 to 10 percent.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Advanced traffic management systems in the Netherlands and Germany reduced crash rates by 20 to 23 percent.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Automated speed enforcement systems have reduced speed by 10 percent, decreased all crash injuries by 20 percent, and reduced serious and fatal crash injuries by 50 percent.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
A six year evaluation of freeway ramp metering in Arizona found that that the system reduced sideswipe accidents on the mainline by smoothing traffic flow, but increased rear-end accidents on entrance ramps where vehicles were required to slow down o
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
Vehicle-pedestrian conflicts were reduced by 89 percent in the first half of the crossing and 43 percent in the second half with automated pedestrian detection at intersections in Los Angeles, California; Rochester, New York; and Phoenix, Arizona.
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
An advanced curve warning system on an interstate route in northern California caused over 68 percent of drivers to reduce their speed.
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
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