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For Arterial Signals Surrounding Newly Installed Ramp Meters, Use Time-of-Day Plans That Are Checked As Needed Every Three to Six Months over the First 1.5 Years.
Date Posted: 10/29/2021 | Source Date:
Evaluation of Four Ramp Metering Signals in North Carolina Revealed Reductions in Delay, Travel Time, and Congestion, with an Estimated Monetized Net Benefit of $8 Million over Ten Years.
Date Posted: 10/29/2021 | Source Date:
Field Testing of Coordinated Ramp Metering on a California Highway Resulted in an Average of 7.25 Percent Increase in Ratio of Vehicle Miles Travelled to Vehicle Hours Travelled During the AM Peak Hours, Indicating Traffic Improvement.
Date Posted: 10/29/2021 | Source Date:
Estimated Costs for a Ramp Signal Video Detection System Include Initial Equipment and Software Costs of $10,500 and Maintenance Costs of $7,000 per Year.
Date Posted: 07/28/2021 | Source Date:
Conduct Field Tests of Video Detection Systems to Verify Accuracy and Queue Monitoring Capabilities for Ramp Signals.
Date Posted: 07/28/2021 | Source Date:
USDOT identifies ten characteristics that support an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) approach to improving throughput and reducing congestion.
Date Posted: 05/06/2019 | Source Date:
Modeling effort shows Active Transportation Management systems can reduce average morning travel time by 21 percent on the I-270 corridor.
Date Posted: 04/16/2019 | Source Date:
In a recurring congestion scenario, ramp metering, variable speed limits, and hard shoulder running found to improve corridor travel time and network performance by 5 to 16 percent.
Date Posted: 12/26/2018 | Source Date:
Ramp metering and dynamic speed limits shown to reduce congestion and shorten average travel times by about 2.5 minutes on a 7.8 km stretch of the A25 motorway in France.
Date Posted: 09/26/2018 | Source Date:
Agencies that manage multimodal transportation corridors can use AMS methodology with ICM decision support systems to facilitate predictive, real-time, and scenario-based decision-making.
Date Posted: 06/21/2018 | Source Date:
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