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Bluetooth-based detection systems coupled with flashing beacons activated by approaching school buses is the most cost-effective strategy to enhance safety at school bus stops.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/21/2018 | Source Date:
When combined, ramp metering and variable speed limits may reduce conflicts by 16.5 percent and crash odds by 6.0 percent in weaving segments.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/20/2018 | Source Date:
Ramp metering system improved delay by 25 percent and reduced crashes by 22 percent per ramp meter in Auckland, New Zealand.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 02/20/2018 | Source Date:
Drivers are significantly more likely to identify pedestrian and vehicle hazards when presented with visual warnings from forward collision warning systems.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 02/20/2018 | Source Date:
Post warning messages on DMS that describe how drivers should react to hazardous conditions rather than just notifying them of the hazard ahead.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/06/2018 | Source Date:
Deployment of blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, and forward collision warning systems on all light-duty vehicles in the U.S. could provide an annual safety benefit of $18 billion to $202 billion annually.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 02/06/2018 | Source Date:
Field tests in the Netherlands involving intelligent bicycles coupled to automated vehicle braking systems found that 96 percent of drivers and 60 percent of cyclists agreed the connected system was effective at reducing accidents.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/26/2018 | Source Date:
A prototype intelligent pedestrian traffic signal system tested at an intersection in Valladolid, Spain successfully reduced pedestrian wait times, resulting in a 23 percent reduction of pedestrian crowding at crosswalks.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/26/2018 | Source Date:
A prototype intelligent pedestrian traffic signal system tested at an intersection in Alcalá de Henares, Spain reduced serious pedestrian-vehicle conflicts by 20 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/26/2018 | Source Date:
Include transit drivers in the development and testing of new collision avoidance technologies to help gain driver acceptance of these technologies.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 01/08/2018 | Source Date:
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