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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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Benefit
Date Posted
11/30/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Vulnerable Road User Safety (VS12)
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Dallas, Texas, United States

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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Lesson
Date Posted
06/30/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)
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Chicago, Illinois, United States   |   Dallas, Texas, United States   |   Los Angeles, California, United States   |   Puget Sound, Washington, United States   |   San Francisco, California, United States   |   Tacoma, Washington, United States   |   Tucson, Arizona, United States   |   Portland, Oregon, United States   |   Phoenix, Arizona, United States   |   Vermont, United States   |   Pinellas County, Florida, United States

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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Benefit
Date Posted
03/30/2020
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Vehicle Tracking (PT01), Regional Traffic Management (TM07)
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Dallas, Texas, United States   |   Phoenix, Arizona, United States   |   San Francisco, California, United States   |   Portland, Oregon, United States

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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Lesson
Date Posted
07/31/2018
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Freight-Specific Dynamic Travel Planning (CVO09), Road Weather Information for Freight Carriers (CVO10)
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Dallas, Texas, United States

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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Lesson
Date Posted
07/31/2018
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Freight-Specific Dynamic Travel Planning (CVO09), Road Weather Information for Freight Carriers (CVO10)
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Dallas, Texas, United States

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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Benefit
Date Posted
10/31/2016
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Dallas, Texas, United States   |   San Jose, California, United States   |   Denver, Colorado, United States   |   Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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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Benefit
Date Posted
10/28/2016
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Vehicle Tracking (PT01), Dynamic Transit Operations (PT03), Multi-modal Coordination (PT14), Transit Connection Protection (PT17)
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Dallas, Texas, United States

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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Benefit
Date Posted
09/17/2013
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Signal Control (TM03), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Dallas, Texas, United States
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