Unit Cost Entry

Unit Cost Element - Portable Speed Monitoring System

Unit Cost Component - Portable Changeable Message Speed Limit Signs

Miami-Dale, Florida, USA

Description

Portable Changeable Message Speed Limit Signs (radar speed trailers)

Cost Type

Actual

Data Date

2008

Reported Units

3

Units

per day

Year (Dollars)

2005

Capital Cost per Unit ($)



O & M Cost per Unit ($)

$25.00

Lifetime

years


Notes

The estimated cost for each trailer was $25 per day. The estimated installation cost was $45 per trailer.

Source

Pedestrian safety engineering and intelligent transportation system-based countermeasures program for reduced pedestrian fatalities, injuries, conflicts and other surrogate measures : Miami-Dade site

Published By: U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration

Prepared by the University of Florida for the U.S. DOT FHWA

URL: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov
/view/dot/17053

Unit Cost Details

Capital Cost per Unit:

O&M Cost per Unit: $25.00

Year (Dollars): 2005

Lifetime: years

Benefits From This Source

In Miami-Dade County, ITS pedestrian safety measures showed an increase in pedestrian safety by significantly reducing drivers right on red violations from 40 percent to 13 percent and increasing drivers yielding to pedestrians by up to 92 percent.

Application Areas

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Crash Prevention & Safety > Pedestrian Safety

Related Unit Cost Subsystems

Roadside Detection (RS-D)

Keywords

None defined

ID: 2011-01893