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In the Seattle metropolitan area the net benefits of a network wide variable tolling system could exceed $28 billion over a 30-year period resulting in a benefit-to-cost ratio of 6:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 06/20/2011 | Source Date:
In the Seattle metropolitan area, a network wide variable tolling system reduced the aggregate travel demand of a targeted study group; weekly vehicle miles traveled (VMT) decreased 12 percent and travel time decreased 8 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 06/20/2011 | Source Date:
Conversion of HOV to HOT lanes decreases express bus travel time from 25 to 8 minutes, increases bus speeds from 18 to 55 mph, and increases reliability and ridership.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 06/15/2011 | Source Date:
ITS pricing strategies can reduce traffic congestion and enhance the quality of service of buses.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/18/2011 | Source Date:
In Miami-Dade County, ITS pedestrian safety measures showed an increase in pedestrian safety by significantly reducing drivers right on red violations from 40 percent to 13 percent and increasing drivers yielding to pedestrians by up to 92 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/16/2011 | Source Date:
C-TIP technologies that eliminate empty back-haul movements at regional intermodal freight transfer facilities have potential to generate benefits equivalent to eliminating 245,000 personal vehicle trips annually.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/11/2011 | Source Date:
The average duration of incidents assisted by the Northern Virginia (NOVA) Safety Service Patrol (SSP) was 17.3 percent shorter than the duration for matching incidents without NOVA SSP assistance.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
Weather Notification System issues on time alerts 88.9 percent of time, but message coverage remains incomplete.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
Northern Virginia's freeway safety service patrol (SSP) had an estimated annual savings of $6.49 million in motorist delay and fuel consumption resulting in a benefit-cost ratio of 5.4:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/06/2011 | Source Date:
An Arterial Service Patrol deployed during the re-construction of I-64 in St. Louis had a benefit-cost ratio of 8.3:1, lowered secondary crashes by 183 per year, and reduced annual congestion costs by $1,034,000.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 04/26/2011 | Source Date:
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