Latest Benefits Updates

Dynamic roadside warning systems that alert drivers of opposing traffic at rural intersections can decrease roll-throughs up to 22 percent.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) saved an estimated 1,144 lives among passenger vehicle occupants in 2012.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
A multi-modal ICM strategy designed for the I-95/I-395 corridor has potential to reduce average travel times 48 to 58 percent.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
A multi-modal ICM strategy designed for the I-95/I-395 corridor has projected benefit-to-cost ratios ranging from 4:1 to 6:1.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
A multi-modal ICM strategy designed for the I-95/I-395 corridor has potential to increase person throughput 14 to 38 percent.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
A review of safety data in one study suggested red light cameras can increase fatalities by 25 percent.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
Collision Avoidance Systems that use both sensors and vehicle-to-vehicle communications can increase highway capacity by up to 273 percent
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
Low cost portable roadside sensor system estimates vehicle velocity within 2 percent accuracy and provides 100 percent accuracy of vehicle classification.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
Prioritization for heavy commercial vehicles at signalized intersections would reduce travel times of 22 percent of northbound trucks and 10 percent of southbound trucks.
Date Posted: 08/29/2014 | Source Date:
Rear-visibility systems are expected to prevent over one thousand backover injuries each year.
Date Posted: 06/30/2014 | Source Date:
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