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In a mountainous area of Spokane, Washington, 94 percent of travelers surveyed indicated that a road weather information website made them better prepared to travel; 56 percent agreed the information helped them avoid travel delays.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2004 | Source Date:
Final Evaluation Report for the Greater Yellowstone Regional Traveler and Weather Information System (GYRTWIS)
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2004 | Source Date:
In a mountainous region of Spokane, Washington, about one-third of CVOs interviewed would consider changing routes based on the information provided on a road weather information website and highway advisory radio system; however, few could identify
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2004 | Source Date:
In Montana, mainline weigh-in-motion scales can improve pavement fatigue estimates and save $4.1 million per year in construction costs.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/13/2003 | Source Date:
A survey of visitors to the Acadia National Park in Maine found that 74 percent of respondents who saw parking availability information agreed these technologies made it easier to get around.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/17/2003 | Source Date:
A survey of visitors to the Acadia National Park in Maine found that 80 percent of bus passengers who used electronic departure signs and 44 percent of bus passengers who experienced real time parking information reported it helped them decide to rid
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/17/2003 | Source Date:
A survey of visitors to the Acadia National Park in Maine found that 90 percent of respondents who used the real-time bus departure signs and 84 percent of respondents who experienced the automated on-board next-stop message announcements agreed thes
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/17/2003 | Source Date:
In Nebraska, a portable speed detection and warning system placed upstream from an I-80 work zone decreased the highest 15 percent of vehicle speeds by about 5 mi/hr as vehicles approached the work zone lane merge area.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/28/2003 | Source Date:
In a rural area of Virginia, a collision countermeasure system installed on a two-way stop-controlled intersection reduced vehicle speeds by 2.4 mi/hr, and increased the average projected time to collision from 2.5 to 3.5 seconds.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Iowa, a CB radio alert system designed to warn truckers of slow moving maintenance vehicles on freeways effectively warned 39 of 59 truckers interviewed that remembered seeing the maintenance work in-progress.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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