Latest Benefits Updates

A Chinese study finds that e-commerce delivery services have potential to reduce traffic congestion by as much as 1.4 percent over baseline congestion.
Date Posted: 12/23/2019 | Source Date:
A self-driving delivery truck completed a cross-country trip in under three days.
Date Posted: 12/23/2019 | Source Date:
Indiana DOT's use of real-time probe vehicle data to manage unplanned detour routes helps reduce detour driving time by up to 75 percent.
Date Posted: 12/23/2019 | Source Date:
Independent study shows a Great Lakes Hyperloop system would be both feasible and a good investment, boasting a benefit-cost ratio of 2.20.
Date Posted: 12/23/2019 | Source Date:
UDOT’s Citizen Reporter app that utilizes crowdsourced road condition data produces annual savings of $250,000 in weather surveillance costs.
Date Posted: 12/11/2019 | Source Date:
Between 7.4 and 8.1 million crashes could be prevented if Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) connected vehicle technology was mandated now, instead of waiting an estimated three years to develop other technologies such as C-V2X.
Date Posted: 12/05/2019 | Source Date:
Drone delivery can reduce delivery time of blood samples by 78 percent.
Date Posted: 11/26/2019 | Source Date:
Using a combination of surveys and modeling, researchers find that Autonomous Vehicles may increase the number of trips people take and hence traffic congestion.
Date Posted: 11/26/2019 | Source Date:
On average, over one thousand New Zealand drivers rated in-vehicle information and advisory systems as "most likely" to improve safety in an online questionnaire.
Date Posted: 11/25/2019 | Source Date:
An automated web-based management tool that helps winter maintenance decision makers efficiently utilize salt resources saves Iowa $2.7 million per year.
Date Posted: 11/25/2019 | Source Date:
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