Source References | ITS Deployment Evaluation

Items that reference source, Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative: San Antonio Evaluation Report - Final Draft

Benefit

Modeling performed as part of an evaluation of nine ITS implementation projects in San Antonio, Texas indicated that users of an improved traveler information web site would receive annual benefits of a 5.4 percent reduction in delay.
Modeling performed as part of an evaluation of nine ITS implementation projects in San Antonio, Texas indicated that drivers of vehicles with in-vehicle navigation devices could experience an 8.1 percent reduction in delay.
Evaluation of freeway DMS integrated with incident management in San Antonio, Texas, found fuel consumption reduced by 1.2 percent; integrating the DMS with arterial traffic control systems could save 1.4 percent.
In San Antonio, Texas, focus group participants felt that DMS were a reliable source of traffic information.
In San Antonio, Texas, usage of a traveler information Web site increased at a rate of 19 percent per year and spiked during severe weather events.
Evaluation indicated that integrating DMS and incident management systems could reduce crashes by 2.8 percent, and that integrating DMS and arterial traffic control systems could decrease crashes by 2 percent, in San Antonio, Texas.
Modeling performed as part of an evaluation of nine ITS implementation projects in San Antonio, Texas indicated that integrating DMS, incident management, and arterial traffic control systems could reduce delay by 5.9 percent.

Sample Unit Cost

UC2012-02437
Alpine IVN unit deployed to public agencies in San Antonio as part of the TransGuide MMDI program.
UC2012-02436
Zexel IVN unit deployed to public agencies in San Antonio as part of the TransGuide MMDI program.
UC2012-02435
Traffic signal software upgrade for San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02434
CCTV camera deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02433
Digital detectors deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02432
Lane Control Signal System signs deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02431
Large VMS deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02430
Small VMS deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02429
Acoustic Sensors deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion
UC2012-02428
Loop Detectors deployed as part of San Antonio's Freeway and Incident Management Expansion

System Cost