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In the Minneapolis/St. Paul, a portable traffic management system (PTMS) installed at two interstate work zones improved safety by slowing approaching vehicles by 9 mi/hr and reducing speed variability by 70 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/16/2007 | Source Date:
Speed display trailers can reduce average vehicle speeds by 5 mi/hr and decrease the number of vehicles traveling at excessive speeds in rural work zones.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/14/2007 | Source Date:
At a work zone in South Dakota, a speed monitoring and display system reduced the number of speeding passenger vehicles and trucks by as much as 25 and 40 percent respectively.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/05/2007 | Source Date:
A dynamic lane merge system deployed at a work zone outside Detroit reduced aggressive driving maneuvers.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/05/2007 | Source Date:
Integrate weather information into Transportation Management Center (TMC) operations to enhance the ability of operators to manage traffic in a more responsive and effective way during weather events.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/19/2007 | Source Date:
Invest in research and development for emergency integration.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/19/2007 | Source Date:
Extend the application of emergency integration best practices to further improve emergency operations.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/19/2007 | Source Date:
Adopt best practices for integrating emergency information into Transportation Management Center (TMC) operations to improve performance and increase public mobility, safety and security.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/19/2007 | Source Date:
A variable speed limit system deployed at a work zone on I-96 in Lansing, Michigan contributed to a decrease in the number of high-speed vehicles in the work zone.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 02/09/2007 | Source Date:
Partner with neighboring agencies, either formally or informally, to address institutional challenges and benefit from cross-jurisdictional traffic signal coordination.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 02/07/2007 | Source Date:
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