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Bus rapid transit concepts deployed in New York City attracted new riders accounting for 18 percent of ridership; 61 percent of these riders were attracted to the improved features of the new service.

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Findings Prior to SBS implementation, daily ridership on the B44 was 39,516. In 2014 daily ridership was 36,016, which may be related to effects of ongoing construction. However, in the first five…

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07/31/2017

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

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

Implementing bus rapid transit on B44 route in Brooklyn, New York reduced travel time by 18 to 29 minutes for passengers traveling most of the route.

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Findings Operational and infrastructure improvements resulted in significantly faster travel times in both directions for the AM and PM peak periods. This reduction was attributable to a 40 percent…

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07/31/2017

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Multi-modal Coordination (PT14), Transit Connection Protection (PT17)

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

Implementing bus rapid transit concepts on Brooklyn, New York’s B44 bus route reduced traffic volume by 9 to 13 percent on arterials served by the route.

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Findings In the peak direction, volume reductions were noted on Nostrand Ave (13 percent volume reduction) and Rogers Ave (9 percent volume reduction) and volume additions were noted on parallel…

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07/31/2017

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Signal Priority (PT09), Multi-modal Coordination (PT14), Transit Connection Protection (PT17)

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

91 percent of volunteer drivers that tested V2V communications safety features indicated they would like to have these technologies on their personal vehicle.

METHODOLOGY After participants were exposed to each functional application, the experimenter asked a series of questions to capture data on immediate impressions, safety application effectiveness,…

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08/24/2012

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Autonomous Vehicle Safety Systems (VS01), V2V Basic Safety (VS02), Intersection Safety Warning and Collision Avoidance (VS13)

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In Brooklyn, an incident management system on the Gowanus and Prospect Expressways used CCTV, highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, and a construction information hotline to improve average incident clearance time by about one hour, a 66 per

Before the incident detection system was introduced it took an average of 1.5 hours to clear any type of incident. Since implementation of the system, the time it takes to aid a motorist whose…

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09/21/2000

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Broadcast Traveler Information (TI01), Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01)

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Bus rapid transit concepts deployed in New York City attracted new riders accounting for 18 percent of ridership; 61 percent of these riders were attracted to the improved features of the new service.

Implementing bus rapid transit on B44 route in Brooklyn, New York reduced travel time by 18 to 29 minutes for passengers traveling most of the route.

Implementing bus rapid transit concepts on Brooklyn, New York’s B44 bus route reduced traffic volume by 9 to 13 percent on arterials served by the route.

91 percent of volunteer drivers that tested V2V communications safety features indicated they would like to have these technologies on their personal vehicle.

In Brooklyn, an incident management system on the Gowanus and Prospect Expressways used CCTV, highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, and a construction information hotline to improve average incident clearance time by about one hour, a 66 per

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Bus rapid transit concepts deployed in New York City attracted new riders accounting for 18 percent of ridership; 61 percent of these riders were attracted to the improved features of the new service.

Implementing bus rapid transit on B44 route in Brooklyn, New York reduced travel time by 18 to 29 minutes for passengers traveling most of the route.

Implementing bus rapid transit concepts on Brooklyn, New York’s B44 bus route reduced traffic volume by 9 to 13 percent on arterials served by the route.

91 percent of volunteer drivers that tested V2V communications safety features indicated they would like to have these technologies on their personal vehicle.

In Brooklyn, an incident management system on the Gowanus and Prospect Expressways used CCTV, highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, and a construction information hotline to improve average incident clearance time by about one hour, a 66 per

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