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A study of the congestion charging scheme in central London found benefits exceeding costs by a ratio of 1.5:1 for a £5 charge and 1.7:1 for an £8 charge.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/25/2008 | Source Date:
In Snohomish County, Washington State, implementation of a transit signal priority system on two test corridors reduced average transit corridor travel time by 4.9 percent, and had insignificant negative impacts on local cross street traffic.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/22/2008 | Source Date:
Outside San Francisco, a transit-based smart parking system contributed to an increase in transit mode share, a decrease in commute time and a reduction in total VMT.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/15/2008 | Source Date:
Automatic anti-icing systems on bridges reduced crashes by 25 to 100 percent and benefit-to-cost ratios ranged from 1.8:1 to 3.4:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/08/2008 | Source Date:
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, survey data collected prior to the deployment of MnPASS Express Lanes (HOT lanes) on I-394 examined travelers' willingness-to-pay to avoid congestion.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/30/2008 | Source Date:
In Florida, the addition of Open Road Tolling (ORT) to an existing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) mainline toll plaza decreased delay by 50 percent for manual cash customers and by 55 percent for automatic coin machine customers, and increased spee
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/30/2008 | Source Date:
In Florida, the addition of Open Road Tolling (ORT) to an existing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) mainline toll plaza decreased crashes by an estimated 22 to 26 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/30/2008 | Source Date:
In Los Angeles, transit signal priority reduced total transit travel time by approximately 25 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/29/2008 | Source Date:
In Los Angeles, California, the installation of a "second train coming" warning system at a light rail transit grade crossing reduced risky behavior of pedestrians and surveyed pedestrians felt that safety was improved.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/28/2008 | Source Date:
Red light cameras reduced the occurrence of severe right-angle and left-turn crashes while the number of rear-end crashes increased.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/28/2008 | Source Date:
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