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In Florida, camera-based systems with a regular angle lens reduced 43 percent of blind zones and wide-angle camera systems entirely eliminated blind zones during controlled tests among 28 transit bus drivers.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) achieved a 92 percent accuracy rate for real-time bus arrival prediction, building from AVL/CAD technology to include GPS.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
In Staten Island, New York City, a transit signal priority pilot along a 2.3 mile corridor reduced travel times by approximately 17 percent.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
Portland's TriMet and San Francisco's Muni transit agencies saved thousands of dollars in development costs and service fees through the use of Open Source Software (OSS).
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
Full deployment of mobility applications may be capable of eliminating more than 1/3rd of the travel delay that is caused by congestion.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
When link travel times posted on DMS are twice as long as typical travel times, drivers begin to favor alternate routes.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
Transit signal priority reduced average bus travel times by 7.5 and 15 percent along major bus corridors in Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
HAWK pedestrian beacon shows 69 percent reduction in crashes involving pedestrians.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
Customers increased travel speeds by 180 to 220 percent during peak times on Miami-Dade I-95 HOT lanes with significant improvements in travel time reliability.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
84 percent of survey respondents found traveler information provided by WSDOT useful, with 95 percent saying it should continue to collect and distribute travel congestion information.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
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