Latest Benefits Updates

A modeling effort shows intelligent trip planners can optimize multi-modal travel and reduce congestion-induced delay by 14 to 20 percent.
Date Posted: 10/15/2019 | Source Date:
Drivers are more accepting of on-road dynamic messages/warnings than in-vehicle message/warnings.
Date Posted: 10/09/2019 | Source Date:
Current generation pedestrian crash avoidance systems can reduce vehicle-pedestrian collisions by 40 percent under certain conditions.
Date Posted: 10/09/2019 | Source Date:
Simulation of ride sharing schemes finds benefits may be limited.
Date Posted: 10/09/2019 | Source Date:
Track testing suggests stop-and-go freeway traffic flow can be controlled to increase throughput by 15 percent with as few as 5 percent autonomous vehicles in the traffic stream.
Date Posted: 09/26/2019 | Source Date:
Track testing suggests stop-and-go freeway traffic can be controlled to reduce fuel consumption by 40 percent with as few as 5 percent autonomous vehicles in the traffic stream.
Date Posted: 09/26/2019 | Source Date:
All-Electronic Toll Collection systems and Hybrid Toll Plazas that support open road tolling experience 73 to 45 percent fewer crashes than Traditional Toll Plazas, respectively.
Date Posted: 09/25/2019 | Source Date:
Driver Assistance vehicle technologies have potential to prevent 1.6 million crashes per year.
Date Posted: 09/25/2019 | Source Date:
Modeling effort shows link-level dynamic tolling on a connected vehicle network can improve average travel times up to 32 percent.
Date Posted: 09/18/2019 | Source Date:
Smart Work Zone (SWZ) systems can detect congestion, display travel times, and recommend alternate routes. Benefit-to-cost ratios range from 10:1 to 12:1.
Date Posted: 09/18/2019 | Source Date:
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