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Autonomous vehicle shuttle pilots are more successful with early and frequent stakeholder engagement, and clear budget and goal metrics from the onset.

Since deployment, the EasyMile and RTD project team leads reflected on its many lessons learned; these are outlined below: Stakeholder alignment is key. Involve all of the potential stakeholders…
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Lesson
Date Posted
07/27/2020
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01)
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Denver, Colorado, United States

26.4 percent of Uber/Lyft riders surveyed in the Denver area indicated they would have driven and needed a parking location if ride-hailing services were not an option.

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Findings Parking demand (specific trip): 26.4 percent of all respondents would otherwise have driven and needed a parking location.Parking demand (general use): About a third of participants stated…
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Benefit
Date Posted
03/21/2019
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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Denver, Colorado, United States

Colorado DOT offers lessons learned after recovering from two 2018 ransomware attacks.

CDOT’s experience offers various lessons regarding the hardening of networks, creating and rehearsing a cyber incident response plan, and allocating resources to both the necessary personnel and…
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Lesson
Date Posted
01/28/2019
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) ITS Data Warehouse (DM01), Data Distribution (SU03), Map Management (SU04), Object Registration and Discovery (SU06), Management of Electronic Traffic Regulations (METR) (VS17), Regional Traffic Management (TM07)
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Denver, Colorado, United States

Use Bluetooth sensors to improve detection of traffic stoppages in work zones where other non-intrusive portable traffic speed sensors may only report average speeds.

The Smart Work Zone project team learned many significant strategies that will be important for future Smart Work Zone projects for Colorado and elsewhere. Among others, they are as follows: Be…
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Lesson
Date Posted
10/09/2017
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Work Zone Management (MC06), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09)
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Denver, Colorado, United States

Alternating blank out signs installed at rail crossings near Denver resulted in a 61.3 percent reduction in crashes.

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In 2012, blank-out signs activated upon train detection were installed at each of the five crossings. The assessment evaluated the behavior of motorists making a Right Turn on Red before and after…
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Benefit
Date Posted
07/31/2017
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Standard Railroad Grade Crossing (TM13), Advanced Railroad Grade Crossing (TM14), In-Vehicle Signage (TI07)
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Denver, Colorado, 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

A multi-jurisdictional emergency response crew in the Phoenix metropolitan area provides services to six cities with a benefit-cost ratio of 6.4:1.

Findings Some examples of benefits from regional transportation operations collaborations include: A multi-jurisdictional emergency response crew in the Phoenix metropolitan area provides…
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Benefit
Date Posted
10/02/2012
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Incident Scene Safety Monitoring (PS07), Traffic Incident Management System (TM08), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08), Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01), Regional Traffic Management (TM07)
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States   |   Hampton, Virginia, United States   |   Nationwide, United States   |   California, United States   |   Statewide, Kansas, United States   |   Maryland, United States   |   Statewide, Colorado, United States   |   Denver, Colorado, United States   |   Statewide, Nebraska, United States   |   Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada   |   Niagra Falls, New York, United States   |   Washington, United States   |   Minnesota, United States

Between 2003 and 2007, annual operating costs and revenues at 15 tolling agencies averaged $85.825 million and $265.753 million, respectively.

This report covered an analysis of tolling systems to help state officials and other policy makers discuss the implementation and operational costs of alternative revenue-generating systems. Three to…
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System Cost
Made Public Date
12/14/2011
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Road Use Charging (TM11), Electronic Toll Collection (TM10), HOV/HOT Lane Management (ST06)
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St. Cloud, Florida, United States   |   Orlando, Florida, United States   |   Texas, United States   |   California, United States   |   Statewide, Delaware, United States   |   Dulles, Virginia, United States   |   Denver, Colorado, United States   |   Statewide, New Jersey, United States   |   Illinois, United States   |   New York, United States   |   Cleveland, Ohio, United States   |   Vaughan, Canada

A Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) in Denver Colorado helped reduce maintenance operations labor hours, and had a benefit / cost ratio of 1.34.

FINDINGS Benefits were realized primarily by reductions in labor hours due to the tactical decision support offered by the MDSS. No benefits were realized by the MDSS in the treatment aspect. Costs…
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Benefit
Date Posted
12/19/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Automated Treatment (MC03), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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