In Colorado, congestion, topography, and severe weather frequently combine to hinder the efficient movement of national and regional commercial freight traffic. CDOT is proposing to develop the…
In 1998, the Congress designated the I-25 Truck Safety Improvements Project (I-25 TSIP) to support transportation improvements in the State of Colorado. This project was intended to improve…
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program, under Project 20-7/Task 200, conducted a comprehensive literature review and agency survey on the implementation of advanced winter maintenance…
Findings
Some examples of benefits from regional transportation operations collaborations include:
A multi-jurisdictional emergency response crew in the Phoenix metropolitan area provides…
MethodologyThree states, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Colorado, were chosen to provide case studies on the benefit-cost ratio of using MDSS. The three states were selected because they:…
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FINDINGSColorado DOT saw an overall reduction in costs of 52 percent for freezing rain events. They also reported a 55 percent decrease in use of sand and a reduction in costs of about 50 percent per…