Latest Benefits Updates

Transition from hard-cased electronic toll transponders to newer and cheaper transponder sticker technology can save agencies $10.00 to $14.00 per unit installed.
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 | Source Date:
A field test suggests that self-driving trucks not subject to driver hours-of-service (HOS) limits can reduce coast-to-coast travel times by 60 percent.
Date Posted: 07/22/2019 | Source Date:
Friction sensors help Colorado DOT improve winter road safety while saving an estimated $1 million+ in material costs.
Date Posted: 07/22/2019 | Source Date:
Truck fleets could expect fuel savings of up to 10 percent using platooning, as demonstrated on a North Carolina highway.
Date Posted: 07/17/2019 | Source Date:
Wrong-way driver thermal detection system in Phoenix addressed 33 near-incidents in first six months of operation.
Date Posted: 07/12/2019 | Source Date:
An autonomous mobility-on-demand dispatching system can reduce average passenger wait time by 30 percent and increase trip dispatch success rate by 8 percent.
Date Posted: 06/26/2019 | Source Date:
Passive safety treatments were found to be more reliable and affordable than active safety treatments on two-lane rural roads with dangerous horizontal curves in Virginia.
Date Posted: 06/26/2019 | Source Date:
Red-light camera systems can have positive impacts on driver behavior.
Date Posted: 06/26/2019 | Source Date:
Sixty-three (63) percent of city officials surveyed agreed that autonomous vehicles can improve the quality of life in U.S. cities.
Date Posted: 06/26/2019 | Source Date:
Driver Assistive Truck Platooning (DATP) applications can improve peak team fuel savings of two truck platoons by 7 to 10 percent.
Date Posted: 06/07/2019 | Source Date:
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