Latest Benefits Updates

Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) systems can reduce road traffic deaths by 1.5 to 15 percent.
Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
An animal detection system with the warning lights activated resulted in 1.52 mi/h lower vehicle speeds (compared to warning lights off) for passenger cars and pick-ups.
Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
A radio-based, GPS emergency vehicle preemption system reduced the average response times by five to seven minutes on a busy corridor.
Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
Over a 20-year lifecycle, NG9-1-1 would likely cost about the same as maintaining the status quo of the current 9-1-1 system, but deliver 80 percent additional value.
Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) on the I-15 Corridor in San Diego yielded an estimated benefit-to-cost ratio of 9.7:1.
Date Posted: 09/28/2011 | Source Date:
A benefit-cost analysis of Forward Collision Warning Systems for the trucking industry found benefits per dollar spent values of $1.33 to $7.22 with varying estimates of efficiency and annual VMT.
Date Posted: 09/20/2011 | Source Date:
A benefit-cost analysis of Lane Departure Warning System for the trucking industry found benefits per dollar spent values of $1.37 to $6.55 with varying estimates of efficiency and annual VMT.
Date Posted: 09/20/2011 | Source Date:
Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) strategies for the I-15 Corridor between San Diego, California and destinations to the northeast produces $13.7 million in user benefits per year, and over the 10-year life cycle of the ICM systems producing a tot
Date Posted: 09/20/2011 | Source Date:
A Variable Speed Limit (VSL) system on the I-270/I-255 loop around St. Louis reduced the crash rate by 4.5 to 8 percent, due to more homogenous traffic speed in congested areas and slower traffic speed upstream.
Date Posted: 09/20/2011 | Source Date:
An optimized traffic signal timing project in Allegheny County, PA resulted in a benefit-cost ratio of 57:1 along the corridor.
Date Posted: 09/20/2011 | Source Date:
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