Latest Benefits Updates

In North Carolina, Portable Traffic-Monitoring Devices found to provide a cost-effective and safe means of recording speed and traffic counts in work zones.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems can reduce the risk of fatal crashes by 33 percent.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
A simulation model used to manage work zone mobility reduced delay; saved travelers more than $1.63 million per day during reconstruction at the I-75/I-96 interchange in Detroit.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
Korean study finds Automatic Crash Information Notification Systems would reduce freeway fatalities by 11.8 to 18.1 percent.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
The implementation of ramp metering in Kansas City increased corridor throughput by as much as 20 percent and improved incident clearance by an average of four minutes, with these benefits remaining consistent in the long term.
Date Posted: 07/15/2013 | Source Date:
Benefits from an initial HOT lanes deployment in Minneapolis St. Paul were maintained in the long term, while a system expansion resulted in fewer benefits, but at a much cheaper cost.
Date Posted: 07/15/2013 | Source Date:
In Florida, camera-based systems with a regular angle lens reduced 43 percent of blind zones and wide-angle camera systems entirely eliminated blind zones during controlled tests among 28 transit bus drivers.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) achieved a 92 percent accuracy rate for real-time bus arrival prediction, building from AVL/CAD technology to include GPS.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
In Staten Island, New York City, a transit signal priority pilot along a 2.3 mile corridor reduced travel times by approximately 17 percent.
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
Portland's TriMet and San Francisco's Muni transit agencies saved thousands of dollars in development costs and service fees through the use of Open Source Software (OSS).
Date Posted: 07/12/2013 | Source Date:
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