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In the Minneapolis/St. Paul, traffic speed data collected at two interstate work zones showed that when portable traffic management systems were deployed, work zone traffic volumes increased 4 to 7 percent during peak periods.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/16/2007 | Source Date:
In the Minneapolis/St. Paul, a motorist survey found 61% of drivers who experienced a portable traffic management system at a work zone felt more informed about traffic conditions than at other work zones.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/16/2007 | Source Date:
In the Minneapolis/St. Paul, a portable traffic management system (PTMS) installed at two interstate work zones improved safety by slowing approaching vehicles by 9 mi/hr and reducing speed variability by 70 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/16/2007 | Source Date:
Speed display trailers can reduce average vehicle speeds by 5 mi/hr and decrease the number of vehicles traveling at excessive speeds in rural work zones.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/14/2007 | Source Date:
Customer satisfaction with 511 ranged from 68 to 92 percent in four deployments studied.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/19/2007 | Source Date:
A 1999 FHWA study suggested that lane departure warning systems have the potential to reduce road departure crashes by 10 percent for passenger vehicles and 30 percent for heavy trucks.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/27/2006 | Source Date:
In London, an automatic fog detection system that used freeway dynamic message signs to warn drivers of fog reduced traffic speeds by an average of 1.8 mi/h.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/30/2005 | Source Date:
A survey of bus riders within Acadia National Park in Maine found that 44 percent who experienced real-time parking information agreed the information helped them decide to ride the bus.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/31/2004 | Source Date:
An I-40 work zone in Arkansas equipped with an automated work zone information system had fewer fatal crashes compared to similar sites without the technology.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 02/19/2004 | Source Date:
Final Report of the FORETELL Consortium Operational Test: Weather Information for Surface Transportation
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/06/2004 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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