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A simulation study in the Washington, DC area found that 40 percent of travelers who use pre-trip traveler information would save $60.00 or more per year as a result of fewer early and late arrivals.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/13/2003 | Source Date:
Electronic supply chain manifest systems reduce the amount of time and paperwork required to transfer loads, and can improve operational efficiencies for shippers/receivers, trucking companies, and air cargo carriers.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
An evaluation of CVISN technologies found that electronic credentialing enabled carriers to commission new vehicles 60 percent faster, and saved 60 to 75 percent on credentialing costs by reducing paperwork.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/14/2002 | Source Date:
In Kentucky and Virginia, state overhead costs required to maintain motor carrier accounts were estimated to decrease 35 percent for each motor carrier participating in electronic credentialing.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/14/2002 | Source Date:
An evaluation of CVISN technologies found that electronic screening techniques that promote compliance with commercial vehicle safety inspections could prevent thousands of truck accidents each year.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/14/2002 | Source Date:
A study found that the benefit-to-cost ratio of the Minneapolis-St. Paul ramp metering system was 15:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 04/19/2002 | Source Date:
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, work zone surveillance and response at the "Big I" Interchange reduced average clearance time by 44 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/19/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that road weather information systems improved the efficiency of response strategies, reduced maintenance costs (staff, equipment and materials), assisted with crew scheduling, and improved data sharing.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that anti-icing techniques limit snow/ice bonding on roadways, improve plow efficiency, reduce the time required to clear snow/ice from roadways, reduce maintenance costs (overtime pay and materials), and reduce
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
During a 1998 snow storm, Mn/DOT reduced roadway clearance costs by 18 percent on I-90 by activating a freeway gate closure system to limit vehicle interference and reduce snow compaction problems that increase work for plows.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/09/2001 | Source Date:
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