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Terminal Reservation System Deployed at the Port of Virginia Reduced Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emissions per 1000 Truck Visit by 26 Percent.

METHODOLOGY In this study, data was collected from the POV Health and Safety and Operations teams through quarterly surveillance audits of terminal activities. Two types of turn times were measured:…
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Date Posted
04/30/2024

Communication System Upgrade for Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Increased Data Transmission Frequency by 75 Percent, Leading to More Reliable Real-time Data.

METHODOLOGY The communications system upgrades outlined in this study included radio replacement within the transit vehicles, on-board computer equipment installation, and the utilization of Multi-…
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Date Posted
04/25/2024

Survey Study in Florida Found Mobile Transit App Cut Ticket Purchase Time for 75 Percent of Riders and Fare Collection Time for 68 Percent of Bus Operators.

METHODOLOGY The researchers in this study developed a series of hypotheses for evaluating the potential benefits of mobile fare payment technologies: H1: Mobile fare payment users increase the…
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Date Posted
03/31/2024

A Road Safety Study in Texas Revealed That a 10 Percent Increase in Ridesourcing Trips Can Reduce Road Crashes by 0.12 Percent, Injuries by 0.25 Percent, and Driving While Intoxicated Offenses by 0.36 Percent.

METHODOLOGY To investigate the association between ridesourcing travel and road safety, the researchers started by aggregating variables by census tract and month-year units.  The ridesourcing…
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Date Posted
03/28/2024

User Survey Showed Dockless Bicycle Sharing Increased the Proportion of Commuting Cyclists Trips by Nine Percentage Points and Non-Commuting Cyclist Trips by 11.5 Percentage Points in Shanghai, China.

METHODOLOGY In this study, the researchers sampled a total of 1,265 travelers in Shanghai from 12 neighborhoods. The final number of survey responses was 1,180 after filtering out partially completed…
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Date Posted
02/29/2024

Demand-Based Pricing Strategy in Los Angeles Parking Management System Led to a 37 Percent Reduction in Parking Duration for Downtown LA.

METHODOLOGY The LA Express Park program relied heavily on hardware, including parking meters, guidance systems, in-ground sensors, and a highly integrated back-end system that utilized strong data…
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Date Posted
01/26/2024