Latest Benefits Updates

Crowdsourced data can be timelier than agency-generated data enabling TMCs to respond to minor incidents and developing congestion 3 to 16 minutes sooner.
Date Posted: 02/25/2020 | Source Date:
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) discontinued its 511 program and partnered with Waze to provide traveler information and save the agency $750,000 per year.
Date Posted: 02/25/2020 | Source Date:
Large-scale, longitudinal study shows that Transportation Network Companies increase congestion and pollution in New York City.
Date Posted: 02/24/2020 | Source Date:
Comprehensive analysis of automated vehicles in mixed traffic finds they could reduce travel time by up to 26 percent.
Date Posted: 02/24/2020 | Source Date:
Model shows that deep learning can make traffic signals up to 75 percent more efficient.
Date Posted: 01/27/2020 | Source Date:
Innovative tool for assessment and reporting developed by FHWA helps public agencies recover quickly from natural disasters, with demonstrated cost savings of $1.2 million per disaster.
Date Posted: 01/27/2020 | Source Date:
Maryland switches to all electronic tolling on certain bridges and estimates that drivers in the state will collectively save $1.0 million per year in fuel costs.
Date Posted: 01/14/2020 | Source Date:
Modeling effort finds platooning of light duty vehicles can achieve an optimal fuel savings of 4.5 percent.
Date Posted: 01/14/2020 | Source Date:
Use of common carrier lockers for urban freight delivery to Seattle Municipal Tower reduces total delivery time by 78 percent, with zero failed deliveries.
Date Posted: 12/30/2019 | Source Date:
Simulation model shows that with only 10 percent Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) market penetration, implementing a CAV-only lane would degrade overall freeway throughput; however, with 25 percent market penetration, throughput would improve.
Date Posted: 12/30/2019 | Source Date:
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