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A Smart Work Zone (SWZ) System Implemented During an Interchange Reconstruction Project on I-35 in Kansas Cost Approximately $1.65 Million.

A significant level of engineering effort is required to integrate commercial off the shelf products into an effective and reliable smart work zone system. Each work zone can have a unique set of…
01/15/2021
Taxonomy: Work Zone Warning, Work Zone Management

The addition of various advanced technology applications such as radar, sensors, and control units can add $20,000 to $30,000 to the cost of a regular snowplow.

The Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE) at Iowa Sate University explored the feasibility of integrating advanced technologies in a Highway Maintenance Concept Vehicle (HMCV) for…
05/29/2008
Taxonomy: Mobile Winter Maintenance

AVL technologies for highway maintenance activities, particularly snow removal, cost approximately $3,500 per fleet vehicle.

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system is a fleet management tool that allows a fleet manager to monitor the fleet-vehicles’ location at any given time. Many systems can also indicate the status of…
05/13/2008
Taxonomy: Mobile Winter Maintenance

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.…
05/16/2007
Taxonomy: Internet / Wireless / Phone, Internet / Wireless / Phone, Internet / Wireless / Phone, 511, 511, Internet / Wireless