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Date Posted

05/26/2023

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Electronic Toll Collection (TM10)

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Simulation of a Fully Automated Bicycle Sharing System Showed Higher Bicycle Usage, with over 96 Percent of Bicycles Used in a Week, Compared to 92 Percent with a Station-Based Bike Sharing System Having a Fleet Size 3.5 Times Larger.

Methodology An agent-based, discrete event-based simulation model was developed for the study, using historical usage data from a public bike-sharing system in the Boston area for the period October…

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Date Posted

11/28/2022

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)

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Continued Use of Automated Driver Assistance Systems Found to be Associated with Increased Driver Disengagement and Risky Driving Behavior.

Although partially automated vehicles can relieve some of the fatigue of driving, recent studies have raised significant questions about the safety of these systems. Specifically, partially…

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Date Posted

11/24/2020

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Autonomous Vehicle Safety Systems (VS01), Infrastructure Enhanced Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (VS15), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)

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Zone-based pricing is more effective at changing driver behavior than block-based pricing.

The report found that performance parking is an effective tool to increase parking availability, lower congestion, and improve road safety. The zone-based performance parking…

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Date Posted

01/23/2020

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Parking Space Management (PM01), Smart Park and Ride System (PM02), Regional Parking Management (PM04), Parking Reservations (PM05), Loading Zone Management (PM06), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09)

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Plan for operational challenges such as the need for data verification and number of parking spaces when implementing performance parking.

The report found that performance parking is an effective tool to increase parking availability, lower congestion, and improve road safety. However, there were operational challenges…

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Date Posted

01/23/2020

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Boston Public School District Saves $5 Million in Operational Costs with School Bus-Routing Algorithm.

In 2017, BPS hosted the inaugural BPS’ Transportation Challenge where researchers could experiment with anonymized BPS data sets to create efficient routes and optimal start times for each school.…

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Date Posted

09/17/2019

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Fixed-Route Operations (PT02), Transit Passenger Counting (PT07)

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AV testing on Boston’s streets revealed five key success factors relevant to other cities looking to pilot AVs as they prepare for the mobility system of the future.

The following best practices are recommended for cities launching an autonomous vehicle pilot: Start with a clear mobility vision and KPIs. The Boston AV pilot benefited from Go Boston 2030, the…

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Date Posted

02/21/2019

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) En-Route Guidance (TI03), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)

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Partnering with Uber and Lyft reduced per-trip costs on MBTA's "The RIDE" paratransit program by over 80 percent.

Findings RIDE trips that users booked with Uber or Lyft were significantly cheaper to the MBTA, representing a cost savings of 85 percent each: The average cost per trip of traditional RIDE journeys…

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Date Posted

01/23/2019

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Stop Request (PT15), Route ID for the Visually Impaired (PT16), Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority installed two fare vending machines—one full service and one cashless—at each of the Logan Airport terminal stops at a total deployment cost of $1.26 million.

In 2007, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) sponsored an evaluation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service implemented between the South Boston Waterfront and the Logan International Airport.…

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Made Public Date

04/28/2008

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Fare Collection Management (PT04)

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Use tested and effective traffic management systems for Transportation Management Centers (TMCs).

This document provides insight into the operations at various Transportation Management Centers (TMCs) within the United States and Canada. One subject discussed in this document is the lessons…

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