Latest Benefits Updates

Collaborative travel data analysis effort in Dublin leads to 10 to 15 percent reduction in bus travel times.
Date Posted: 12/19/2014 | Source Date:
Data indicates that total saved value of travel time on variable tolling lanes can reach 11 percent of the total value of time spent travelling compared to uniform tolling rates.
Date Posted: 12/19/2014 | Source Date:
With full market penetration adaptive cruise control and forward collision warning systems (ACC+FCW) have benefit-to-cost ratios ranging from 3.9 to 5.2 for trucks and 0.5 to 0.7 for cars.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
San Antonio pilot program results in up to 30 percent reduction of wrong way (WW) driving incidents.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
Deployment of integrated traffic management and control system leads to a greater than 25 percent increase in peak throughput capacity on Melbourne, Australia's M1 Monash Freeway.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
Introduction of delivery fleet tracking system results in fuel savings of $4,815 across the five-truck fleet during a month long pilot program.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
Retiming of traffic signals in Fort Myers and Bonita Springs, Florida results in a 23 percent annual reduction in travel delays, in addition to fuel savings.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
Bluetooth readers used to provide non-route specific travel time information on DMS were found useful by 76 percent of travelers surveyed.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
An automated incident detection procedure developed for arterials detected 75 percent of reported incidents and had a false alarm rate of 26 percent.
Date Posted: 11/30/2014 | Source Date:
Testing wireless technology effectiveness according to physical conditions, Wi-Fi has highest throughput-cost ratio while WiMAX provides greatest throughout
Date Posted: 10/22/2014 | Source Date:
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