Latest Benefits Updates

Cost Savings, Transparency, Innovation: TCRP Report Highlights Benefits of Open Data
Date Posted: 02/25/2021 | Source Date:
Compared to Conventional Trip Sharing Solutions that Spend more than Half of Trips Serving Only a Single Passenger, Models of Trip Sharing Augmented with Autonomous Vehicle Technology Indicate Ridership with Three to Four Travelers can be Maintained.
Date Posted: 02/25/2021 | Source Date:
Electric Bus Dynamic, Inductive, En-Route Charging Can Reduce Onboard Battery Size and Associated Material Requirements by 15 Percent.
Date Posted: 02/25/2021 | Source Date:
Simulation Analysis of a Congested Corridor Finds 6 Percent Reduction in Travel Time Costs through a Combination of Freight and Transit Signal Priority.
Date Posted: 02/24/2021 | Source Date:
Highway Capacity Impact of Connected and Automated Truck Platoon Estimated to Be 34.3 Percent Less than Regular Trucks.
Date Posted: 02/24/2021 | Source Date:
E-Scooters Unlikely to Be Strong Factor in Reducing Automobile Use, Finds German Survey.
Date Posted: 02/23/2021 | Source Date:
Smartphone-Based School Zone Alert Application Lowered Probability of Speeding in All Four Tested Locations.
Date Posted: 02/23/2021 | Source Date:
Study Participants Drove at Lower Speed, Used Larger Following Gaps, and Reduced Steering Variability When Using Adaptive Cruise Control.
Date Posted: 02/21/2021 | Source Date:
Automatically Intervening Driver Assistance Technologies Found to Be Most Effective in Reducing Crashes.
Date Posted: 01/26/2021 | Source Date:
Congestion Charging Found to Reduce Crashes by 46 Percent Inside a Cordon Zone and 16 Percent in Adjacent Areas.
Date Posted: 01/26/2021 | Source Date:
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