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To Reduce Excessive Nuisance Alerts Generated by Transit Vehicle Collision Avoidance Warning Systems, Use Location Based Sensitivity Adjustments for Routes That Traverse Both Pedestrian Heavy Areas and Areas with Less Pedestrian Activity.

 Remember that CAWS can be overly sensitive. Based on the survey results, 75 percent of bus operators reported that the CAWS set off many false alarms about pedestrians and bicyclists when…
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07/26/2022

Best practices to support the arrival of smart mobility for non-urban communities.

A blue-collar county of 55,000 residents is in the center of a proving ground for connected and automated vehicles. The COG's success is not an accident, but the result of following the best…
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09/13/2018

Understand that while the viability of pricing programs is impacted by political actions, pricing signal is a potential tool for developing a sustainable transportation system.

Congestion pricing programs face political, institutional, and public acceptance challenges and concerns everywhere in the world. Over a 12-day period, from December 7 to 18, 2009, a…
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10/21/2011

Beware that schedule and costs of road pricing projects are affected by various factors including legislative outcomes, clarity and specificity of scope, and contracting methods.

Congestion pricing programs face political, institutional, and public acceptance challenges and concerns everywhere in the world. Over a 12-day period, from December 7 to 18, 2009, a…
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10/11/2011

Consider public/private partnerships and unique financing methods as ways to cover costs for managed lanes projects.

A critical issue facing transportation officials today is the manner in which they fund and finance managed lane facilities. Increasingly, governments are looking to the private sector for…
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04/16/2007

Engage in comprehensive planning and coordination of managed lanes projects.

As the case studies highlight, successful managed lanes projects have been the cooperative efforts of various agencies, starting from the initial stages of project development and including…
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03/26/2007