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In Myrtle Creek, Oregon, an advanced curve speed warning system installed on I-5 reduced the speed of 76 percent of drivers surveyed.
Date Posted: 07/11/2008 | Source Date:
Intersection collision avoidance systems deployed at intersections with high crash frequencies or high rates of severe injury are projected to recoup initial costs within one year, through a reduction in crashes.
Date Posted: 06/03/2008 | Source Date:
In Florida, the addition of Open Road Tolling (ORT) to an existing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) mainline toll plaza decreased crashes by an estimated 22 to 26 percent.
Date Posted: 05/30/2008 | Source Date:
In Florida, the addition of Open Road Tolling (ORT) to an existing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) mainline toll plaza decreased delay by 50 percent for manual cash customers and by 55 percent for automatic coin machine customers, and increased spee
Date Posted: 05/30/2008 | Source Date:
In rural areas, communication networks that provide immediate access to remote data controls on field data can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations and maintenance activities.
Date Posted: 05/29/2008 | Source Date:
In Los Angeles, transit signal priority reduced total transit travel time by approximately 25 percent.
Date Posted: 05/29/2008 | Source Date:
In the Netherlands, a five month field operational test (FOT) of 20 cars equipped with lane departure warning (LDW) systems found that the number of unintentional lane crossings decreased by 35 percent on secondary roads and 30 percent on highways du
Date Posted: 05/29/2008 | Source Date:
Based on all police-reported crashes in 7 states over 2 years, electronic stability control (ESC) reduced single-vehicle crash involvement risk by approximately 41 percent and single-vehicle injury crash involvement risk by 41 percent.
Date Posted: 05/29/2008 | Source Date:
Red light cameras reduced the occurrence of severe right-angle and left-turn crashes while the number of rear-end crashes increased.
Date Posted: 05/28/2008 | Source Date:
At the Breezewood Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, installation of a truck rollover warning system immediately reduced the occurrence of truck rollover crashes.
Date Posted: 05/28/2008 | Source Date:
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