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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:
In Greenwood, Nebraska a survey of travelers indicated that 29 percent of drivers who remembered DMS messages at a work zone on I-80 thought the alternate route information provided was not useful; 23 percent thought the caution messages were not use
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
In Greenwood, Nebraska a portable traffic management system designed to caution drivers of work zone activity and encourage use of alternative routes during periods of congestion increased traffic diversion by 4 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2003 | Source Date:
A study of travelers on Snoqualmie Pass, WA found that DMS can decrease mean driving speeds and reduce accident severity.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/05/2002 | Source Date:
In Arizona and Missouri a survey of tourists found that those who used advanced traveler information systems believed the information they received save them time.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/01/2002 | Source Date:
Georgia’s Call Box Project: Evaluation and Future Deployment Recommendations
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/19/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that road weather information systems reduced travel times, and anti-icing techniques decreased the need for road closures.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that road weather information systems improved the efficiency of response strategies, reduced maintenance costs (staff, equipment and materials), assisted with crew scheduling, and improved data sharing.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
Winter maintenance personnel indicated that anti-icing techniques limit snow/ice bonding on roadways, improve plow efficiency, reduce the time required to clear snow/ice from roadways, reduce maintenance costs (overtime pay and materials), and reduce
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 11/06/2001 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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