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After deployment of a dilemma zone protection system in Maryland, the percentage of vehicles approaching rural intersection sites at excessive speeds dropped from 29 to 16 percent at one site and from 8 to 1 percent at another site.
Date Posted: 01/04/2018 | Source Date:
Simulation models show that in a fully CVE, a variable speed limit (VSL) control algorithm can reduce total travel time by 20 percent.
Date Posted: 01/04/2018 | Source Date:
Deployment of a dilemma zone protection system reduced the maximum length of the dilemma zone by 30 percent at a rural intersection in Maryland.
Date Posted: 01/03/2018 | Source Date:
Simulation experiments show that connected and autonomous vehicle signalized intersection coordination systems can reduce fuel consumption by 22.1 to 52.0 percent.
Date Posted: 01/03/2018 | Source Date:
Simulation experiments show that signalized intersection coordination for connected and autonomous vehicles can reduce travel delay by 24.2 to 77.1 percent.
Date Posted: 12/27/2017 | Source Date:
V2V module capable of routing vehicles around crash-related congestion may reduce waiting time in heavy traffic conditions by approximately 80 percent in urban areas and approximately 42 percent on freeways.
Date Posted: 12/12/2017 | Source Date:
Autonomous vehicles are expected to reduce fuel consumption by 15 percent while VMT increases by 23 percent by 2040.
Date Posted: 12/12/2017 | Source Date:
Hybrid Vehicle Actuation signal timing using connected vehicle broadcasts and inductive loop data can reduce delay by up to 32 percent compared to inductive loop only systems.
Date Posted: 12/12/2017 | Source Date:
Connected automated vehicles may increase freeway capacity in Germany by 30 percent by 2070, while more conservative driving automated vehicles may have a slight negative impact in the interim period.
Date Posted: 12/11/2017 | Source Date:
Deployment of variable rate, all-electronic, open road tolling on SR-520 Bridge near Seattle yielded $55 million of revenue in 2012.
Date Posted: 12/11/2017 | Source Date:
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