Latest Benefits Updates

An Active Traffic Management System (ATM) on I-66 in Northern Virginia reduced total (all severity), multiple-vehicle (all severity), and rear-end (all severity) crashes, 6 percent, 10 percent, and 11 percent, respectively.
Date Posted: 12/26/2018 | Source Date:
Applying a proactive signal control system to a connected vehicle network can reduce total vehicle delay up to 89 percent.
Date Posted: 12/24/2018 | Source Date:
Compared to the performance of a well-tuned fully actuated signal control system, proactive signal control supported by connected vehicle data can reduce fuel consumption by 18 percent.
Date Posted: 12/24/2018 | Source Date:
Applying a proactive signal control system to a connected vehicle network can reduce fuel consumption by 24 percent.
Date Posted: 12/24/2018 | Source Date:
Automated first-mile transit shuttles could be three times as effective as human-operated vehicles, according to UC Davis research team.
Date Posted: 12/21/2018 | Source Date:
Autonomous intersection management algorithms found in simulation to reduce delays at intersections by eight times compared to conventional traffic lights.
Date Posted: 12/21/2018 | Source Date:
In Minneapolis, implementation of a queue warning system resulted in 54 percent decrease in near-crashes and 22 percent decrease in crashes along segment of interstate.
Date Posted: 12/21/2018
Compared to the performance of a well-tuned fully actuated signal control system, proactive signal control supported by connected vehicle data can reduce total vehicle delay up to 59 percent.
Date Posted: 11/28/2018 | Source Date:
Use of Transit Signal Priority systems for Bus Rapid Transit can reduce transit time by 9 percent, with minimal impact to non-transit traffic.
Date Posted: 11/27/2018 | Source Date:
Ride-hailing serves as a complementary mode for commuter rail services with a three percent net increase in use.
Date Posted: 11/26/2018 | Source Date:
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