Latest Benefits Updates

Full deployment of mobility applications may be capable of eliminating more than 1/3rd of the travel delay that is caused by congestion.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
When link travel times posted on DMS are twice as long as typical travel times, drivers begin to favor alternate routes.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
Transit signal priority reduced average bus travel times by 7.5 and 15 percent along major bus corridors in Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
HAWK pedestrian beacon shows 69 percent reduction in crashes involving pedestrians.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
Customers increased travel speeds by 180 to 220 percent during peak times on Miami-Dade I-95 HOT lanes with significant improvements in travel time reliability.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
84 percent of survey respondents found traveler information provided by WSDOT useful, with 95 percent saying it should continue to collect and distribute travel congestion information.
Date Posted: 06/03/2013 | Source Date:
Red light violation cameras significantly reduce rates of red light running at ticketed intersections and those in the same travel corridor.
Date Posted: 05/09/2013 | Source Date:
In-vehicle technologies that use automated braking to prevent rear-end collisions can reduce drivers injured by 19 to 57 percent.
Date Posted: 05/09/2013 | Source Date:
Light vehicles that automatically activate in-vehicle alerts, seat belt tensioners, and braking systems can reduce fatalities by 3.7 percent.
Date Posted: 05/09/2013 | Source Date:
Right angle crashes were reduced by 86 percent, total crashes by 57 percent, and estimated severity costs by $268,900 in a two year analysis of red-light traffic signal enforcement in New Jersey.
Date Posted: 05/09/2013 | Source Date:
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