Missouri (12 unique benefit summaries found)
Based on all police-reported crashes in 7 states over 2 years, electronic stability control (ESC) reduced single-vehicle crash involvement risk by approximately 41 percent and single-vehicle injury crash involvement risk by 41 percent.(8 October 2004)
An analysis of the effectiveness of electronic stability control (ESC) at reducing single-vehicle crashes in passenger cars and SUVs (1997-2002 crash data from five States) suggested that single-vehicle crashes were reduced by 35 percent for passenger cars and by 67 percent for SUVs.(September 2004)
Final Report of the FORETELL Consortium Operational Test: Weather Information for Surface Transportation(April 2003)
In Arizona and Missouri a survey of tourists found that those who used advanced traveler information systems believed the information they received save them time.(30 June 2000)
Intelligent Time Savers, Life Savers(December 1997)
In Kansas City, Missouri an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system increase productivity by eliminating seven buses out of a 200 bus system that allowed Kansas City to recover their investment in AVL in two years.(14 November 1995)
In Kansas City, transit AVL systems improved on-time bus performance from 80 to 90 percent.(November 1995)
Smart card electronic payment systems can increase ridership, reduce administrative costs, and decrease fare evasion.(November 1995)
In Kansas City, a transit AVL system reduced the time required to respond to bus drivers' calls for assistance.(November 1995)
Transit AVL can improve O&M and reduce operating expenses.(November 1995)
In Baltimore and Kansas City, AVL improved on-time bus performance by 23 percent and 12 percent, respectively; in Milwaukee, AVL contributed to a 28 percent reduction in buses behind schedule by more than one minute.(July 1995)
Several carriers reported that on-board monitoring systems enable carriers to increase loaded mileage by 9 to 16 percent, decrease operating costs, and save drivers time in reporting their status to dispatchers.(January 1992)
