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Model-Based Study Estimates Truck Travel Time Costs in Illinois Could Decrease by Up to 25 Percent with an Optimized Network of Dedicated Automated Truck Platooning Lanes.

Methodology The interstate freeway network used in this study consisted of a total of 35 nodes and 56 demand origin-destination (O-D) pairs. Traffic data were obtained from the Illinois Roadway…
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03/29/2022

A case study of one Electronic Freight Management system shows a 5 percent savings in container status tracking and 98 percent savings in dray invoicing.

METHODOLOGYAnalyses of the EFM system were conducted as part of an initiative to see how the system improves data and message transmissions between supply chain partners. The EFM implementation case…
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08/29/2014

Benefit-to-cost ratios for Electronic Freight Management (EFM) applications ranged from 1:1 to 7:1. Higher ratios were projected for companies with larger supply chains.

FINDINGS The USDOT's Freight Technology Assessment Tool (FTAT) was used to calculate the net present value, benefit-cost ratio, and total process improvement for each case study.  …
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12/07/2012
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Freight Administration (CVO02)

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

Address critical issues early in the ITS work zone management system development and deployment processes, and allow sufficient start-up time.

The experiences of the four State DOTs examined in this study provide useful lessons for other agencies that are developing or deploying an ITS work zone system. Key strategies for ensuring project…
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08/16/2006