Latest Benefits Updates

Electronic screening produced operating cost savings per bypass of $8.68 for interstate motor carriers.
Date Posted: 09/25/2009 | Source Date:
An analysis of benefits and costs of Roll Stability Control (RSC) Systems for the trucking industry found benefits per dollar spent values of $1.66 to $5.34 with varying estimates of efficiency and annual VMT.
Date Posted: 09/03/2009 | Source Date:
Through use of the Roll Stability Control (RSC) systems, it was estimated that between 1,422 and 2,037 combination vehicle rollover crashes in curves could be prevented, resulting in effectiveness rates of 37 percent and 53 percent, respectively.
Date Posted: 08/29/2009 | Source Date:
In Broward County, Florida, the 2006 analysis for the SMART SunGuide TMC roadway and incident clearance times showed reductions of 18 percent and 4 percent respectively over 2005.
Date Posted: 07/31/2009 | Source Date:
In Little Rock Arkansas, 82 percent of the drivers surveyed agreed that the Automated Work Zone Information System improved their ability to react to slow or stopped traffic.
Date Posted: 07/31/2009 | Source Date:
In Washington DC, an ITS work zone program implemented on I-295 decreased delay up to 90 percent with an average decrease in delay of 52 percent when drivers were advised to take alternate routes.
Date Posted: 07/30/2009 | Source Date:
In Texas, during major incidents or high construction impact periods, the work zone traffic management system diverted an average of 10 percent of mainline traffic to alternate routes, with the highest diversion of traffic at 28 percent.
Date Posted: 07/30/2009 | Source Date:
In Kalamazoo Michigan, the activation of the Dynamic Lane Merge System in a work zone reduced the number of forced merges seven fold and reduced the number of dangerous merges three fold.
Date Posted: 07/30/2009 | Source Date:
In 2006, improvements to Florida's SMART SunGuide Website increased hits to 16,778,000 from 115,000 hits recorded in 2005.
Date Posted: 07/28/2009 | Source Date:
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, fixed-route scheduling software improved operations by saving approximately 60 hours per week in operator labor, resulting in a savings of approximately $62,000 per year.
Date Posted: 06/11/2009 | Source Date:
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