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Dallas' Four-Block Smart Cities Living Lab Pilot Led to a 35 Percent Energy Reduction and Six Percent Decrease in Violent Crime Following the Introduction of Intelligent LED Lighting and Improved Pedestrian Traffic.

METHODOLOGY Project results were reported quarterly to establish progress and areas of expansion or improvement. Results were measured from DIA project data, as well as publicly available data, and…
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11/30/2023

More transit use, more walking, higher satisfaction: Early results from the Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox pilot projects.

FINDINGS The following results were reported for FY2019: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco, California BART received funding to pilot an integrated carpool-to-public-…
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03/30/2020

Commuters receiving reliability information were on-time 6 percent more frequently than commuters without reliability information

The participants had access to one of three additive levels of travel time information for their planned route and optional route deviations: real-time advisory messages only, real-time…
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10/31/2016

Real-time automated passenger counter data enables responsiveness to periods of high and low demand for light rail.

Benefits Deployment of automated passenger counters transmitting real-time information enables Dallas Area Rapid Transit to make immediate adjustments to service in response to demand on their Red…
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10/28/2016

Decision Support System scenarios modeled on the ICM Corridor in Dallas Texas show travel time savings of 9 percent on arterials when vehicles divert from the freeway.

METHODOLOGYThe study area includes a section of Dallas North Tollway (DNT) surrounded by parallel and perpendicular arterials. The network consists of about 400 links and 150 junctions. A demand…
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09/17/2013

Implementing Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) strategies on the U.S. 75 corridor in Dallas, Texas produced an estimated benefit-to-cost ratio of 20.4:1.

METHODOLOGYThe analysis, modeling and simulation of Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) strategies on U.S. 75 combined a macroscopic trip table manipulation for determining trip patterns; a…
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10/31/2011

In Dallas, Texas, simulation found that transit signal priority reduced bus travel time up to 11 percent during peak periods, reduced car travel times up to 16 percent, vehicle delay up to 4 percent and person delay up to 6 percent.

Notes:The extent to which signals were optimized in the base case of this study was not reported. A high degree of optimization in baseline scenarios may limit achievable benefits and vice versa.
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10/22/2002
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Signal Priority (PT09)

Freeway Services Patrols: A State of the Practice

Consider Third-party Accessibility Testing to Enhance Digital Accessibility and Ensure Compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Screen Readers.

Consider third-party accessibility testing to enhance digital accessibility and ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and screen readers. Valley Metro employed a third-…
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06/30/2023

Prototype FRATIS designs should be flexible and able to accommodate changes within stakeholder organizations and user feedback.

The challenges, solutions and lessons learned related to the stakeholder engagement activities during the FRATIS DFW prototype included: Early identification of potential stakeholders is necessary…
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07/31/2018

Drayage optimization algorithms may not apply equally in different operating scenarios, it is important to develop a deep understanding of the environment in which a solution will be deployed in advance of deploying an algorithm or prototype.

During the testing phase, the FRATIS development team identified and documented the following lessons learned and opportunities for expansion and improvement: The optimization program was the focus…
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07/31/2018

Grow regional road pricing policies from individual projects and develop modeling tools that reflect a wide range of impacts.

The following key themes and lessons learned summarize the findings of a literature review and the documents referenced in Appendix B of the source report.   Grow regional road pricing…
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01/13/2012

Maximize emergency resources and response by utilizing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) capabilities.

Maximize emergency resources and response by utilizing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) capabilities. Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems relay the positions of emergency vehicles to a central…
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09/16/2005

The total 10-year project cost of implementing Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) strategies on the U.S. 75 Corridor in Dallas, Texas is estimated at $13.6 million with annualized costs of $1.62 million per year.

The Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative works to advance the integration of ITS technologies on major corridors with under-utilized capacity across the nation. An important element of the…
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10/31/2011