All: Agency Productivity and Efficiency

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Developers claim that the equipment and operating cost for winter maintenance has been reduced by $11million to $14 million, due to the Indiana state DOT implementation of the Computer Aided System for Planning Efficient Routes (CASPER) system.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Kansas City, Missouri an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system increase productivity by eliminating seven buses out of a 200 bus system that allowed Kansas City to recover their investment in AVL in two years.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In London, a survey indicated that 30 percent of travelers who used a computerized route planning system and completed a trip, changed routes based on the information provided, another 10 percent decided to use public transport.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Incident Management via Courtesy Patrol: Evaluation of a Pilot Program in Colorado
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
A TravTek simulation found that using a market penetration rate of 30 percent and a constant average trip duration as a surrogate for maintaining a given level-of-service, dynamic route guidance would allow the system to handle a 10 percent increase
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In 1994, the HELP/Crescent project evaluated the potential benefits of implementing automatic vehicle identification, weigh-in-motion, electronic screening, credentialing, automatic vehicle classification, and integrated communications and databases,
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
The Wisconsin DOT used an ice detection system and a snow forecasting model to aid in the dispatch of snow plows and deicers saving 4 hours per person for each significant storm (a value of around $144,000/storm), and approximately $75,000 in salt.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In 1996, the project benefits of existing and planned deployments of transit ITS technologies were estimated to yield between $3.8 billion and $7.4 billion (discounted dollars for 1996) within several years.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, an ambulance provider increased its efficiency by 10 to 15 percent using AVL/CAD to improve route guidance.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
Several carriers reported that on-board monitoring systems enable carriers to increase loaded mileage by 9 to 16 percent, decrease operating costs, and save drivers time in reporting their status to dispatchers.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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