Latest Benefits Updates

Forty-five percent reduction in complaints by paratransit riders, 50 percent less missed trips due to mechanical problems, and a new trip planning tool for fixed-route riders introduced as part of ITS deployment in Reno.
Date Posted: 07/02/2011 | Source Date:
Overtime hours for drivers reduced and no staff increase necessary to handle over 10 percent increase in transit ridership over six years.
Date Posted: 07/02/2011 | Source Date:
In rural Pennsylvania, demand-response service vehicles experienced a nine percent increase in overall on-time performance and over five percent decrease in non-revenue miles traveled.
Date Posted: 07/02/2011 | Source Date:
Use of In-Vehicle Data Recorder shows crash rate reduction of 38 percent
Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
Field Operational Test of a Drowsy Driver Warning System shows users of the system to be less drowsy as measured by percentage of eye-closure.
Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
Implementation of ITS with AVL, real-time passenger information, and electronic fare media in a mid-sized transit system resulted in a minimum 3.9:1 benefit/cost ratio.
Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
Thirty percent of commuters would like to see an expansion of the Automated Parking Information System (APIS) that provides heavy-rail commuters with station parking availability information at en-route roadside locations.
Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
Joint deployment of scheduling software and Automatic Vehicle Location/Mobile Data Terminals (AVL/MDT) increased ridership and quality of service for two rural transit providers.
Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
Use of Low Cost Driving Behavior Management System (DBMS) reduces recorded safety events by 38 to 52 percent.
Date Posted: 06/24/2011 | Source Date:
In Minnesota, a dynamic curve warning sign
Date Posted: 06/22/2011
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