Decision Support Resources

This library contains a variety of decision support resources, including benefit-cost analysis (BCA) tools to support ITS deployment planning and visualizations such as infographics and interactive maps and charts depicting highlights and trends of deployed ITS. These resources were developed using data predominantly from the Benefits, Costs, and Lessons Learned databases, Deployment Tracking Surveys, and other USDOT sources.

Data Visualizations

Infographics

Infographics highlight selected findings from ITS deployment data in a clear and visually appealing way.

Cost Plots

Cost Plots show longitudinal cost data for ITS elements to show how costs have evolved over time.

Interactive Visualizations

Interactive Visualizations allow users to directly manipulate and explore graphical representations of ITS deployment data.

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ROI Guide and Use Cases

The ROI Best Practice Guide provides step-by-step instructions for industry professionals to analyze ITS benefit and costs, leveraging the ITS Deployment Evaluation Databases. The Guide provides a high-level methodology that agencies can tailor for their own projects.

Accompanying Example Use Cases demonstrate how the methodology can be applied for a range of ITS and TSMO strategies, including: Adaptive Traffic Signals, Curve Speed Warning, Managed Lanes, Smart Work Zone Technologies, and Transit Signal Priority.