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Simulated Rural Highway Driver Warning Systems (RHDWS) showed a potential reduction of critical events by 21 percent, a decrease of 71 percent for runoff-road crashes, and contributed to smoother driving on the curvy highway.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 12/18/2011 | Source Date:
An animal detection system with the warning lights activated resulted in 1.52 mi/h lower vehicle speeds (compared to warning lights off) for passenger cars and pick-ups.
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:
Variable Speed Limit System shows promise; crashes reduced to lowest level in a decade.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/06/2011 | Source Date:
Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System use results in 48 percent reduction in lane departure rate for light vehicles, with similar trend for heavy trucks.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/26/2011 | Source Date:
In rural Pennsylvania, demand-response service vehicles experienced a nine percent increase in overall on-time performance and over five percent decrease in non-revenue miles traveled.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/02/2011 | Source Date:
Joint deployment of scheduling software and Automatic Vehicle Location/Mobile Data Terminals (AVL/MDT) increased ridership and quality of service for two rural transit providers.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 06/30/2011 | Source Date:
In Hennepin County, MN, an intersection warning system reduced traffic conflicts and received very positive feedback from the public.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/18/2011 | Source Date:
In Marshall, MN, a deer detection and warning system reduced number of deer/vehicle crashes by 56 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/18/2011 | Source Date:
Rural Road Weather Information System deployments show estimated benefit-cost ratios of 2.8 to 7.0.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/11/2011 | Source Date:
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