All: Agency Productivity and Efficiency

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The initial costs for collision warning systems (CWS) can be high making it difficult for fleets that experience few crashes to deploy cost-effective solutions.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/23/2008 | Source Date:
The Washington, D.C. region Metrorail service required that SmarTrip cards be used to pay for parking at all Metrorail stations increasing the purchase of cards from 8,000 per month to 75,000 per month during the first two months.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/22/2008 | Source Date:
In the Puget Sound region of Washington State, a fare payment integration system that used joint passes to allow base fares to be transferred between agencies increased the percentage of riders that made transfers.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/22/2008 | Source Date:
A survey of State and local transportation agencies found that AVL applications for highway maintenance can have benefit-to-cost ratios ranging from 2.6:1 to 24:1 or higher.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/22/2008 | Source Date:
In Finland, a benefit-cost analysis supported the deployment of weather information controlled variable speed limits on highly trafficked road segments.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/20/2008 | Source Date:
In Kamloops, British Columbia, anti-icing winter maintenance operations cost 58 percent less than traditional winter maintenance operations that involve granular salt.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 05/02/2008 | Source Date:
Evaluation data show that anti-icing programs can cut snow and ice control costs in half.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 04/28/2008 | Source Date:
Evaluation data show that anti-icing and pre-wetting strategies can reduce sanding applications by 20 to 30 percent, decrease chemical applications by 10 percent, and reduce chloride and sediment runoff in local waterways.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 04/25/2008 | Source Date:
In Oregon, the benefit-to-cost ratios for two automated wind warning systems were 4.13:1 and 22.80:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/13/2008 | Source Date:
A dynamic lane merge system deployed outside Detroit was found to be cost-effective based on an analysis of system cost and motorist time and fuel savings.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 03/05/2007 | Source Date:
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