Latest Benefits Updates

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:
Boston Public School District Saves $5 Million in Operational Costs with School Bus-Routing Algorithm.
Date Posted: 09/17/2019 | Source Date:
A nationwide traveler survey finds that blind-spot monitoring and emergency automatic braking are the two most appealing automated vehicle technologies.
Date Posted: 08/30/2019 | Source Date:
Telematics technology provides many benefits to trucking fleets.
Date Posted: 08/28/2019 | Source Date:
Almost 90 percent of automated shuttle bus riders surveyed in a small-scale field study in Berlin indicated they were not at all worried or only slightly worried about their own sense of safety while riding in an automated shuttle.
Date Posted: 08/26/2019 | Source Date:
The third truck in a Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control system has a fuel savings of up to 11 percent.
Date Posted: 08/26/2019 | Source Date:
Autonomous intersection management (AIM) systems can achieve three percent more traffic throughput than a traditional signal system, assuming 10 percent CAV market penetration.
Date Posted: 08/22/2019 | Source Date:
CV-based adaptive signal control has potential to increase mainline arterial speeds by an average of 5 percent and reduce maximum intersection queue lengths by 66.7 percent even with low market penetration (5 percent CV).
Date Posted: 08/22/2019 | Source Date:
Combining drone telemetry data with 3-D laser mapping data during the investigation of the Amtrak Cascades derailment reduced police on-scene processing time by up to 80 percent (compared to traditional methods).
Date Posted: 08/15/2019 | Source Date:
Blind spot warning technology contributes to a 23 percent reduction in lane change injury crashes.
Date Posted: 08/15/2019 | Source Date:
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