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Variable Pricing Systems worldwide indicate an increase in transit use and improved travel times and speeds system wide (priced lanes and general purpose lanes).
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/30/2011 | Source Date:
Implementing variable mandatory speed limits on four lanes with the optional use of the hard shoulder as a running lane resulted in a 55.7 percent decrease in the number of personal injury accidents on a major motorway in England.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/14/2011 | Source Date:
Transit operations decision support systems (TODSS) reduce false and low priority incident reports sent to dispatchers by 60 percent, allowing dispatchers to focus on higher priority incidents.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/14/2011 | Source Date:
After presence detection, adaptive signal control, and transit signal priority were implemented on the Atlanta Smart Corridor total fuel consumption decreased by 34 percent across all peak periods.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/31/2011 | Source Date:
After presence detection, adaptive signal control, and transit signal priority were implemented on the Atlanta Smart Corridor total travel time decreased by 22 percent and total vehicle delay decreased by 40 percent across all peak periods.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/31/2011 | Source Date:
Adaptive signal control, transit signal priority, and intersection improvements implemented during the Atlanta Smart Corridor project produced a benefit-to-cost ratio ranging from 23.2:1 to 28.2:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/31/2011 | Source Date:
Users of Adaptive Cruise Control report they tend to change lanes less frequently when using the system, but many drivers are unaware of the limitations of technology.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/20/2011 | Source Date:
A majority (76 percent) of drivers with Adaptive Cruise Control said that if they purchased their same vehicle again, they would get the same technology again.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/20/2011 | Source Date:
A radio-based, GPS emergency vehicle preemption system reduced the average response times by five to seven minutes on a busy corridor.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) systems can reduce road traffic deaths by 1.5 to 15 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/30/2011 | Source Date:
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