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<item><title>ITS Costs >> A Dynamic Curve Speed Warning Sign (with a Flashing Beacon and Radar Detection) system ranges from $9,000 to $14,000</title><description><![CDATA[Benefit:Cost Analysis of In-Vehicle Technologies and Infrastructure Modifications as a Means to Prevent Crashes Along Curves and Shoulders (December 2009)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>10/02/2012 08:42:42 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/ITS/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2011-00223?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> A Benefit Cost analysis shows that dynamic curve speed warning signs have 30 percent effectiveness and an incremental B/C ratio between 2.79 to 5.57 for curves that already have static curve warnings.</title><description><![CDATA[Benefit:Cost Analysis of In-Vehicle Technologies and Infrastructure Modifications as a Means to Prevent Crashes Along Curves and Shoulders (December 2009)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>10/02/2012 08:31:11 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/ITS/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2011-00728?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> An overheight warning system in Maryland cost a total of $146,000</title><description><![CDATA[CSX bridge clearance warning is doing its job          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>01/09/2012 10:19:21 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2011-00233?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> Simulated Rural Highway Driver Warning Systems (RHDWS) showed a potential reduction of critical events by 21 percent, a decrease of 71 percent for runoff-road crashes, and contributed to smoother driving on the curvy highway.</title><description><![CDATA[Vehicle infrastructure integration (VII) based road-condition warning system for highway collision prevention (May 2009)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>12/18/2011 10:56:36 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2011-00729?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> A nationwide survey evaluating overheight/oversize warning systems found that eight states that deployed active infrared light or laser activated warning systems had fewer overheight load strikes on infrastructure components.</title><description><![CDATA[Mitigating Overheight Vehicle Crashes Into Infrastructure: A State of the Practice (12-16 January 2003)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>11/07/2008 09:24:31 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00514?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The Pennsylvania (PA) Turnpike Commission expanded its statewide advanced traveler information system (ATIS) to better inform motorists of traffic, weather, and emergency conditions along the PA Turnpike.  The overall project cost was $8.2 million.</title><description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) Phase III Project  (April 2006)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>08/22/2008 10:39:02 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00168?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> In Myrtle Creek, Oregon an advanced curve speed warning system installed on I-5 reduced the speed of 76 percent of drivers surveyed.</title><description><![CDATA[Field Evaluation of the Myrtle Creek Advanced Curve Warning System (June 2006)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>07/11/2008 04:21:46 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00517?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> In Colorado, a downhill truck speed warning system installed on a curved section of I-70 reduced 85th percentile truck speeds by 27 percent.</title><description><![CDATA[Rural ITS Toolbox (November 2001)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>05/28/2008 10:01:22 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00518?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> At the Breezewood Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, installation of a truck rollover warning system immediately reduced the occurrence of truck rollover crashes.</title><description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) Phase III Project  (April 2006)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>05/28/2008 10:00:48 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00516?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> In Oregon and Colorado, downhill speed warning systems decreased truck crashes up to 13 percent at problem sites.</title><description><![CDATA[CVO/Freight and ITS Session (Presentation) (31 October 2006)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>04/25/2008 01:44:46 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00513?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Benefits >> At a tunnel in Pennsylvania, an overheight/overwidth warning system improved safety; occasional crashes demonstrate value of system and importance of maintenance.</title><description><![CDATA[CVO/Freight and ITS Session (Presentation) (31 October 2006)          ITS Benefits Database     http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>04/25/2008 01:31:26 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/B2008-00519?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Based on a nationwide survey of states operating overheight detection systems, the initial costs of active laser- or infrared-based systems vary considerably, ranging from $7,000 to $70,000.</title><description><![CDATA[Mitigating Overheight Vehicle Crashes Into Infrastructure: A State of the Practice (12-16 January 2003.)          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