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Study Applying Informed Mode Change as a Demand Management Strategy for Rio Olympic Games Estimated a 10.6 Percent Improvement in Collective Travel Time If 1.4 Percent of Car Trips Were Limited.

METHODOLOGY The study first estimated the travel demand of the local population and their fraction in private vehicles. The data resources used for this task were: mobile phone data, private…

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Benefit

Date Posted

07/25/2023

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09)

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

To Increase Public Support for Policies like Congestion Pricing Invest in Public Transit and Promote Public Benefits.

Based on their analysis the research team offered a number of suggestions for effectively implementing congestion relief policies such as congestion pricing. Which are: Clearly communicate with the…

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Lesson

Date Posted

08/24/2022

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Electronic Toll Collection (TM10), Road Use Charging (TM11)

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Bike Sharing System Found to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Rio De Janiero by Roughly 206 Tons/Year.

A research team based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil studied if bike sharing in their city reduced greenhouse gas emissions significantly. For their study, the team gathered data from Itaú Bike…

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Benefit

Date Posted

01/22/2021

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Integrated Multi-Modal Electronic Payment (TI05), Transit Stop Request (PT15), Route ID for the Visually Impaired (PT16), Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06)

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Automated speed and red light enforcement lowered crash frequency by 14 percent, decreased crash injuries by 19 to 98 percent, and fatalities 7 to 83 percent.

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In rural areas automated speed enforcement was deployed using loop detectors, radars, and cameras camouflaged within roadside vegetation. Speed cameras in these areas were known as "sparrows" since…

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Benefit

Date Posted

01/01/2002

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Speed Warning and Enforcement (TM17), Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01)

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Londrina, Brazil | Brasilia, Brazil | São Luis, Brazil

Adaptive signal control in Sao Paulo, Brazil, increased speed by 25 percent and reduced delay by 14 percent.

Six years after the small university town of Oviedo, Spain showed new adaptive traffic control could reduce traffic delays, two systems were installed and operating in Brazil and Spain. The city of…

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Benefit

Date Posted

09/21/2000

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Signal Control (TM03), Connected Vehicle Traffic Signal System (TM04)

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Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Study Applying Informed Mode Change as a Demand Management Strategy for Rio Olympic Games Estimated a 10.6 Percent Improvement in Collective Travel Time If 1.4 Percent of Car Trips Were Limited.

To Increase Public Support for Policies like Congestion Pricing Invest in Public Transit and Promote Public Benefits.

Bike Sharing System Found to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Rio De Janiero by Roughly 206 Tons/Year.

Automated speed and red light enforcement lowered crash frequency by 14 percent, decreased crash injuries by 19 to 98 percent, and fatalities 7 to 83 percent.

Adaptive signal control in Sao Paulo, Brazil, increased speed by 25 percent and reduced delay by 14 percent.

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Study Applying Informed Mode Change as a Demand Management Strategy for Rio Olympic Games Estimated a 10.6 Percent Improvement in Collective Travel Time If 1.4 Percent of Car Trips Were Limited.

To Increase Public Support for Policies like Congestion Pricing Invest in Public Transit and Promote Public Benefits.

Bike Sharing System Found to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Rio De Janiero by Roughly 206 Tons/Year.

Automated speed and red light enforcement lowered crash frequency by 14 percent, decreased crash injuries by 19 to 98 percent, and fatalities 7 to 83 percent.

Adaptive signal control in Sao Paulo, Brazil, increased speed by 25 percent and reduced delay by 14 percent.

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE

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