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Delay savings benefit-to-cost ratio of 8.5:1 found with deployment of a traffic incident management system in Knoxville, Tennessee

FINDINGS The analysis found a total delay savings of $12.1 million while total costs were $1.43 million, yielding a benefit-to-cost ratio of 8.5:1. Note, however, that the benefit-to-cost ratio for…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
03/24/2017
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Service Patrols (PS08), Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Regional Traffic Management (TM07)
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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Overall benefit-cost ratio for traffic incident management-oriented ITS program estimated to be 3.16.

Methodology A traffic microsimulation software package was used to quantify benefits from "with/without" ITS scenarios with regards to freeway incident management based on AADT, ITS device density,…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
06/26/2016
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Service Patrols (PS08), Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (TM01), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Statewide, Michigan, United States

The overall cost to implement a region-wide Traffic Management System in Portland Oregon was estimated at $36 million.

This document discusses how MPOs have incorporated TSMO projects into the programming phase of transportation investment decisionmaking in metropolitan areas. Based on a sample of practices from MPOs…
Content type
System Cost
Made Public Date
02/26/2015
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Signal Control (TM03), Connected Vehicle Traffic Signal System (TM04), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08), Transit Signal Priority (PT09), Transit Stop Request (PT15), Route ID for the Visually Impaired (PT16), Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (TI06), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06)
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Portland, Oregon, United States

The capital cost to integrate voice and data networks for regional traffic incident management was estimated at $10 million.

In the Portland metro area, regional partners created a vision for Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO). Key stakeholders from across the region including public agency staff,…
Content type
System Cost
Made Public Date
01/23/2015
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)
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Portland, Oregon, United States

Benefit-Cost Ratios of up to 25.8:1 have been produced in regions with aggressive Freeway Service Patrol programs.

FINDINGSVery few of the programs surveyed reported conducting an official benefit-cost ratio analysis. Currently, no national standard exists for measuring the benefit-cost ratio of service patrol…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
03/26/2014
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)
Geolocation links
Statewide, Florida, United States   |   San Diego, California, United States   |   Statewide, Minnesota, United States

Break even point calculated for an incident response program: reducing 30 seconds per incident results in $711,300 reduction in costs of delay, equivalent to the cost of operating the incident response program for a year.

METHODOLOGYData used in this study were extracted from an archived computer aided dispatch database (CAD), automatic vehicle location systems (AVL), inductive loop detectors, automatic traffic…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
09/17/2013
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)
Geolocation links
Portland, Oregon, United States

Cost estimates for rural ITS in Arizona (ITS maintenance, weather information systems, highway advisory radio, motorist assistance patrols, and training applications) totaled $3.78 million per year for five years.

This project investigated rural ITS for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and reviewed current practices and concepts used by transportation agencies across the country. The primary…
Content type
System Cost
Made Public Date
09/11/2013
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Automated Treatment (MC03), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)
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Statewide, Arizona, United States

In 2009, the Washington State DOT Incident Response Team was able to clear 98 percent of incidents in under an hour and nearly three quarters in less than 15 minutes.

In 2008, WSDOT implemented a new Incident Response (IR) program that provides roving patrols during peak periods, as well as being on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Findings While VMT rose 2…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
10/31/2012
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)
Geolocation links
Statewide, Washington, United States
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