Benefits: Traveler Information

253 unique benefits found.

After a ramp rollover warning system was installed at three curved exit ramps on the beltway around Washington, DC, there were no accidents at any of these sites during the three year post deployment test period evaluated.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In 1999, a study in Seattle, Washington indicated that participants who used traveler information devices including wrist watches, in-vehicle components, and portable computers found the information was useful for making travel decisions.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Toronto, the COMPASS traffic monitoring and incident information dissemination system on Highway 401 decreased the average incident duration from 86 to 30 minutes per incident.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Orlando, a TravTek simulation study found that motorists that use navigation devices reduce their crash risk by 4 percent as a result of improved wrong turn performance and the tendency of the system to route them through higher class (normally sa
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Brooklyn, an incident management system on the Gowanus and Prospect Expressways used CCTV, highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, and a construction information hotline to improve average incident clearance time by about one hour, a 66 per
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Evaluation Results of Three Prototype Automatic Truck Rollover Warning Systems
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Minneapolis, a traffic incident information pager service was used daily by 65 percent of participants, and at least once-per-week by 88 percent of participants; users decided to changed travel routes in 42 percent of the situations.
Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Analysis of the Los Angeles Smart Traveler project that deployed a small number of information kiosks found that the number of daily accesses to the system ranged from 20 to 100 in a 20-hour day.
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
An evaluation of traffic information used by travelers in the Detroit area, in 2000, found that most drivers perceived commercial radio as "more reliable" than television or dynamic message sign information.
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
In Ames, Iowa, a survey of area residents indicated that 78 percent preferred an automated horn warning system that reduce the area impacted by excessive noise from 171 acres to less than 6 acres.
Date Posted: 01/01/2000 | Source Date:
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