Knowledge Resources

A Federal report highlights best practices for ITS programs that plan to implement connected vehicle (CV) technology.(07/01/2018)

Consider various toll methods to push traffic demand away from peak hours.(September, 2006)

Effectively communicate plans for implementing contraflow lanes during a hurricane evacuation.(11/1/2003)

Enable and enforce managed lane facilities using various ITS tools.(January 2003)

Simulation shows an optimized CAV control framework can increase the effective capacity of high-volume corridors.(3/18/19)

Simulation shows V2I applications that use real-time traffic data to recommend merge maneuvers can increase throughput 18 to 22 percent compared to existing systems that use message displays on overhead gantries.(01/13/2019)

Part-time shoulder simulated to decrease travel time by up to 1.86 minutes per kilometer along congested segments of Philadelphia interstate.(11/21/18)

An Active Traffic Management System (ATM) on I-66 in Northern Virginia reduced total (all severity), multiple-vehicle (all severity), and rear-end (all severity) crashes, 6 percent, 10 percent, and 11 percent, respectively.(10/01/2018)

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. (09/01/2018)

During an incident, motorists can see up to a 50 percent savings in travel time with MDOT’s Flex Route lane control system.(11/13/2017)

Collisions on I-5 in Washington State have been reduced by 65-75 percent in a 7.5 mile corridor where an active traffic management system was deployed.(November 19, 2010)

Simulated deployment of Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) technologies on the I-394 corridor in Minneapolis show a benefit-cost ratio of 22:1 over ten years.(November 2010)

Speeds in general purpose lanes slightly increased with the implementation of HOT lanes.(November 2006)

It was estimated that variable speed limit signs and lane control signals installed on the autobahn in Germany would generate cost savings due to crash reductions that would be equal to the cost of the system within two to three years of deployment. (August 1999)

Advanced traffic management systems in the Netherlands and Germany reduced crash rates by 20 to 23 percent.(August 1999)

An Active Traffic Management (ATM) system covering 12.4 miles of I-66 in Northern Virginia cost $39 million.(09/01/2016)

Costs to deploy an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system in Minneapolis for ten years is estimated at $3.96 million.(November 2010)

The total 10-year project cost of implementing Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) strategies on the U.S. 75 Corridor in Dallas, Texas is estimated at $13.6 million with annualized costs of $1.62 million per year.(September 2010)

I-70 Corridor ITS Study identifies system costs for several technology applications.(June 2010)

Cost of constructing new managed lane facilities ranged from $6 million to $23 million per mile in the Minneapolis area.(November 2006)

Smarter Highways gantry (high estimate) - Capital cost/unit - $900000(November 19, 2010)

Smarter Highways gantry (low estimate) - Capital cost/unit - $900000(November 19, 2010)

Lane control gates - Capital cost/unit - $125000 - O&M cost/unit - $6500(February 2009)

Lane control gates - Capital cost/unit - $125000 - O&M cost/unit - $6500(February 2009)

Software for Lane Control - Capital cost/unit - $300000 - O&M cost/unit - $15000(5 August 2004)

Lane Control Gates - Capital cost/unit - $300000 - O&M cost/unit - $15000(5 August 2004)

Lane Control Signal System - Capital cost/unit - $45743.9078947368(May 2000)