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In Glasgow, Scotland a freeway ramp metering system installed at an entrance ramp to the M8 motorway reduced the frequency of early merging by 29 percent.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In 2000, a survey of Maryland motor carriers indicated that electronic data interchange and Internet technologies were valued more by carriers with large fleets (25 or more vehicles) that conduct business with state agencies.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In a rural area of Virginia, a collision countermeasure system installed on a two-way stop-controlled intersection reduced vehicle speeds by 2.4 mi/hr, and increased the average projected time to collision from 2.5 to 3.5 seconds.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Erie County, New York, a field operational test found that automated collision notification systems reduced incident notification time from an average of 3 minutes to less than 1 minute.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
Automated red light enforcement at 11 intersections in Oxnard, California reduced crashes by 7 percent, decreased right-angle crashes by 32 percent, lowered injury crashes by 29 percent, and reduced right-angle injury crashes by 68 percent.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
Electronic supply chain manifest systems reduce the amount of time and paperwork required to transfer loads, and can improve operational efficiencies for shippers/receivers, trucking companies, and air cargo carriers.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Iowa, a CB radio alert system designed to warn truckers of slow moving maintenance vehicles on freeways effectively warned 39 of 59 truckers interviewed that remembered seeing the maintenance work in-progress.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Greenwood, Nebraska a survey of travelers indicated that 29 percent of drivers who remembered DMS messages at a work zone on I-80 thought the alternate route information provided was not useful; 23 percent thought the caution messages were not use
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In 2000, a survey of Maryland motor carriers asked them if electronic screening at mainline speeds would decrease unsafe and illegal carriers; approximately 32 percent agreed, 25 percent disagreed, and 42 percent were neutral; 24 percent were willing
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Greenwood, Nebraska a portable traffic management system designed to caution drivers of work zone activity and encourage use of alternative routes during periods of congestion increased traffic diversion by 4 percent.
Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
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