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Minnesota DOT Uses Connected Arrow Boards to Improve Traveler Information and Lane Closure Information Accuracy at an Estimated Annual Cost of $16,560.
Starting in April 2018, Minnesota DOT (MnDOT) tested the integration of lane closure messages from 20 connected arrow boards with the agency's existing Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS)…
04/30/2021
Taxonomy: 511, Dynamic Message Signs, Lane Control
Minnesota DOT Installing MnPass Enforcement Beacons with Tag Readers Across Minneapolis Metro Area for an Estimated Cost of $370,000.
In Minneapolis, carpool lanes are free during morning and afternoon rush periods for buses, motorcycles and vehicles with two or more occupants, while drivers who are alone in the car must pay a toll…
12/23/2020
Taxonomy: High-Occupancy Vehicle Facilities
Minnesota DOT Freeway Engineers Estimate an Intelligent Work Zone (IWZ) Motorist Advisory System Can Be Rented and Deployed for Approximately $75,000.
Intelligent Work Zone (IWZ) deployments can range from motorist advisory systems with traffic monitoring for stopped traffic to work zone intrusion detection systems. Motorist advisory systems…
12/22/2020
Taxonomy: Work Zone Warning, Work Zone Management
A Proof-of-Concept System to Provide V2I Smartphone-based Curve Speed Warnings was Developed in a Research Project that Cost under $80,000.
Minnesota Department of Transportation sponsored a research project to develop a prototype dynamic curve speed warning application using cloud-based V2I communications. The system consisted of a…
11/24/2020
Taxonomy: Curve Speed Warning
An inspection-specific drone equipped with state-of-the-art imaging systems that reduces need for expensive access methods and traffic control was estimated to cost $15,000 to $40,000 to purchase or $300 to rent.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is utilizing drones to collect and process large amounts of data during bridge inspections with the goal of improving the quality of bridge…
03/25/2020
Taxonomy: Infrastructure Management
In Minneapolis, a four-month autonomous public shuttle bus field test cost approximately $200,000.
In December 2017, the Minnesota Department of Transportation launched a four-month test of a low speed autonomous shuttle. After initial testing on a test track, the agency demonstrated the vehicle…
03/25/2019
Taxonomy: Navigation / Route Guidance
Costs to deploy Intersection Collision Warning Systems range from $9,000 to $142,500 depending on number of lanes and if systems are post or overhead mounted.
FHWA organized a pooled fund study of 40 States to evaluate low-cost safety strategies as part of its strategic highway safety effort. One of the strategies selected for evaluation in three states…
02/06/2018
Taxonomy: Intersection Collision Warning
Carsharing service Car2Go pays cities $1,009 to $2,644 per vehicle for parking and other operating costs.
Carsharing is the short-term provision of individual vehicles to individuals who drive themselves and return the cars to set locations. It differs from traditional car rental in that most carsharing…
02/27/2018
Taxonomy: Ride Sharing / Matching
An agency owned mobile automated roadway mapping system can cost $10,000 to $40,000.
In Minnesota, MnDOT conducted a test to evaluate alternative automated mobile mapping systems needed to record the location of travel lanes and support developing technology such as lane departure…
05/03/2018
Taxonomy: Infrastructure Management
An intelligent truck parking management system using cameras to detect parking availability and automatically notify drivers via a website, in-cab messaging, and roadside dynamic message sign costs $70,000 to $120,000.
MnDOT and the University of Minnesota developed an automated truck stop management system to determine the number of occupied parking spaces at MnDOT safety rest areas and commercial truck stops and…
12/26/2018
Taxonomy: Traveler Information
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