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Vehicle Tracking Technology used by Missouri DOT for Maintenance Operations Yielded an 85 Percent Increase in Seat Belt Use and a 70 Percent Reduction in Speeding in the First Year of Deployment

METHODOLOGY MoDOT's AVL/GPS system collects comprehensive safety data from vehicles through hardware installed in their maintenance fleet. The system automatically monitors and records specific…
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09/26/2025

Implementation of Telematics in Missouri DOT Fleet Vehicles Improved Seat Belt Usage by 99.3 Percent and Reduced Speeding Events by 98 to 100 Percent.

METHODOLOGY MoDOT installed telematics devices in all department highway vehicles to monitor driver behavior and provide real-time feedback on safety violations. The system tracks seat belt usage and…
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09/26/2025

An analysis of the effectiveness of electronic stability control (ESC) at reducing single-vehicle crashes in passenger cars and SUVs (1997-2002 crash data from five States) suggested that single-vehicle crashes were reduced by 35 percent for passenge

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Based on all police-reported crashes in 7 states over 2 years, electronic stability control (ESC) reduced single-vehicle crash involvement risk by approximately 41 percent and single-vehicle injury crash involvement risk by 41 percent.

Notes:Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, and Utah
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05/29/2008

Final Report of the FORETELL Consortium Operational Test: Weather Information for Surface Transportation

SURVEY METHODS Surveys were collected before and after deployment to determine the impact of FORETELL on the individual weather-related activities of users. In November 1999, baseline data were…
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01/06/2004

Artificial Intelligence Pilot Projects Focusing on Guardrail Classification and Detection and Pedestrian Crossing Detection Cost Nebraska DOT $25,000 Each but Benefited from Existing Image Data.

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the potential to enhance transportation systems by improving safety, reducing congestion, and enabling more efficient use of resources. This project focused on…
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07/31/2025

Costs to deploy Intersection Collision Warning Systems range from $9,000 to $142,500 depending on number of lanes and if systems are post or overhead mounted.

FHWA organized a pooled fund study of 40 States to evaluate low-cost safety strategies as part of its strategic highway safety effort. One of the strategies selected for evaluation in three states…
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02/06/2018

Design Machine Learning System Outputs to Match User Capacity and Operational Goals when Designing AI Applications for Transportation.

Some key lessons learned are presented below. Design machine learning (ML) system outputs to match user capacity and operational goals. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) improved the…
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07/31/2025