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HOV to HOT lane conversions can improve travel times and travel time reliability in Express Lanes although impacts on general purpose lanes are mixed.

Methodology A before and after data collection approach was used to evaluate impacts on commuters and other stakeholders, operations, and the environment. Evaluators relied on data collected from…
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Benefit
Date Posted
12/02/2016
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) HOV/HOT Lane Management (ST06), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Road Use Charging (TM11)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Los Angeles, California, United States   |   Los Angeles, California, United States   |   Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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

Customers increased travel speeds by 180 to 220 percent during peak times on Miami-Dade I-95 HOT lanes with significant improvements in travel time reliability.

MethodologyData were collected by FDOT District Six or Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) for 95 Express Phase 1. The speed data was collected by 53 vehicle detection sensors located throughout the…
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Benefit
Date Posted
06/03/2013
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emissions Monitoring (ST01), Eco-Traffic Metering (ST03), Traffic Metering (TM05)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Miami, Florida, United States

Conversion of HOV to HOT lanes decreases express bus travel time from 25 to 8 minutes, increases bus speeds from 18 to 55 mph, and increases reliability and ridership.

MethodologyData were evaluated for three four-month (January through April) time periods over the course of three years. The base year was 2008. The impact of Phase 1A was evaluated in 2009, and the…
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Benefit
Date Posted
06/15/2011
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Road Use Charging (TM11), Dynamic Transit Operations (PT03)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Florida, United States

Make aggressive use of marketing to increase call volume and improve cost efficiency of 511 services deployment.

Higher call volume leads to greater system efficiency of 511 systems because O&M costs can be distributed over many callers. Despite this fact, marketing and evaluation was the smallest cost…
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Lesson
Date Posted
07/19/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Personalized Traveler Information (TI02)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Tampa, Florida, United States   |   Orlando, Florida, United States   |   Arizona, United States   |   North Carolina, United States   |   Virginia, United States   |   Kansas, United States   |   Utah, United States   |   Washington, United States

From the 511 Deployment Coalition case study: total costs (to design, implement, and operate for one year) averaged $2.5 million among six statewide systems and $1.8 million among three metropolitan systems.

Since the initial launch of 511 in 2001, numerous statewide and metropolitan traveler information systems have come on-line. In May 2004, the 511 Deployment Coalition began a cost analysis activity.…
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System Cost
Made Public Date
05/16/2007
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Automated Treatment (MC03), Personalized Traveler Information (TI02), Weather Information Processing and Distribution (WX02), Spot Weather Impact Warning (WX03), Transit Traveler Information (PT08), Transit Pedestrian Indication (PT11), Personnel Device Maintenance (SU13), Trip Planning and Payment (TI04)
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Miami, Florida, United States   |   Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States   |   Orlando, Florida, United States   |   Statewide, Arizona, United States   |   Statewide, North Carolina, United States   |   Statewide, Utah, United States   |   Statewide, Kansas, United States   |   Statewide, Virginia, United States   |   Statewide, Washington, United States
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