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<item><title>ITS News >> ITS Cost Database - 2009 Update now available</title><description><![CDATA[Unit costs data for the 2009 update were adjusted using 2008 final index values from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>11/03/2009 09:53:26 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Recurrent costs for electronic screening ranged from $7 to $14 per transponder per month.</title><description><![CDATA[Final Report: Economic Analysis and Business Case for Motor Carrier Industry Support of CVISN (2 October 2007)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>10/20/2009 03:34:28 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00192?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Startup costs were $275 and annual recurring costs were $125 for 38 companies enrolled in electronic credentialing</title><description><![CDATA[Final Report: Economic Analysis and Business Case for Motor Carrier Industry Support of CVISN (2 October 2007)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>10/20/2009 02:33:47 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00191?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit</title><description><![CDATA[External link from the ITS Costs Database to the Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit     The ITS toolkit website has been specially designed to provide Local Authorities with a cost-benefit analysis tool to assist them in assessing the scope and feasibility of implementing Intelligent Transport Systems technologies.      Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit     http://www.dft.gov.uk/itstoolkit/]]></description><pubDate>10/09/2009 01:11:08 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/ByLink/CostLinks</link></item><item><title>Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit </title><description><![CDATA[External Link from the ITS Benefits Database includes the Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit.     The ITS toolkit website has been specially designed to provide Local Authorities with a cost-benefit analysis tool to assist them in assessing the scope and feasibility of implementing Intelligent Transport Systems technologies.      Department for Transport, ITS Toolkit      http://www.dft.gov.uk/itstoolkit/]]></description><pubDate>10/09/2009 01:02:26 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/ByLink/BenefitsLinks</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Recent contract awards suggest the capital costs to implement bus AVL systems range from $10,000 to $20,000 per vehicle.</title><description><![CDATA[AVL Systems for Bus Transit: Update (TCRP Synthesis 73) (2008)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/28/2009 12:31:07 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00190?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Orange County, California, the cost of software for posting travel times on dynamic message signs (DMS) was $50,000.</title><description><![CDATA[Motorists go both ways on signs (9/22/2006)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/08/2009 02:48:11 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00189?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The cost for Roll Stability Control (RSC) systems for large trucks range from $439.99 and $1,101.39.</title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of Benefits and Costs of Roll Stability Control Systems for the Trucking Industry  (February 2009)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/08/2009 02:48:03 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00188?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Montana, a public road information system framework cost approximately $823,000</title><description><![CDATA[Final Report, Montana Department of Transportation , FY01 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Integration Component of the ITS Deployment Program  (8/29/2005)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/03/2009 09:08:11 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00187?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Colorado, a Transportation Management Center (TMC) integration project cost $6,753,160. </title><description><![CDATA[Colorado Transportation Management Center (CTMC) Integration Project (FY01 Earmark) Local Evaluation Report (November 9, 2007)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>07/31/2009 10:22:41 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00186?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Florida, a limited-access tolled expressway featuring express electronic toll collection (ETC) lanes and open road tolling (ORT) cost $237 million.</title><description><![CDATA[Evaluation of Impacts from Deployment of an Open Road Tolling Concept for a Mainline Toll Plaza (21-25 January 2007)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>07/28/2009 11:08:34 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00185?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The Rhode Island Department of Transportation implemented an interoperable video sharing system costing between $4,000 and $15,000 per facility. </title><description><![CDATA[Video Sharing - A Model for ITS Regionlization (Spring 2007)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>06/24/2009 09:59:37 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00184?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Chicago, the RTA/Metra parking management guidance system cost approximately $1 million</title><description><![CDATA[Evaluation of Transit Applications of Advanced Parking Management Systems: Final Evaluation Report (9 May 2008)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>06/24/2009 09:59:28 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00183?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Hattiesburg, MS, the cost to install a Traffic Management Center and 2.4 miles of fiber optic cable was $608,252.60</title><description><![CDATA[Local Evaluation Report: City of Hattiesburg Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Deployment Program - Phase I (19 March 2009)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>06/15/2009 02:29:28 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00182?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The cost to deploy a new traffic management system in Espanola, New Mexico was $862,279.</title><description><![CDATA[NM 68, Riverside Drive City of Espanola, New Mexico ITS Project Final Evaluation Report (September 2, 2008)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>06/11/2009 03:10:58 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00181?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Monroe County, NY, deployed five CCTV cameras at high priority intersections at a cost of $279,338.</title><description><![CDATA[Monroe County New York: ITS Camera Deployment & Systems Integration Evaluation - Final (August 2006)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>06/11/2009 03:10:56 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2009-00180?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS News >> International Benefits, Evaluation and Costs (IBEC) January - February 2009 Newsletter now available.</title><description><![CDATA[IBEC summarizes news and successes from 15th ITS World Congress in New York, NY, USA.          International Benefits, Evaluation and Costs Working Group.     Source Link: http://www.ibec-its.co.uk]]></description><pubDate>02/02/2009 02:25:31 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.ibec-its.co.uk/files/IBEC%20Newsletter%20Jan-Feb%202009.pdf</link></item><item><title>ITS News >> The Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned: 2008 Update is now available.</title><description><![CDATA[The updated version of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned report is now available on the Web.          Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office     http://www.its.dot.gov/index.htm]]></description><pubDate>12/11/2008 02:15:00 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14412.htm</link></item><item><title>ITS News >> New article on the ITS Knowledge Resources in Traffic Management and Engineering (TME) magazine is now available.</title><description><![CDATA[This article describes the purpose, background, and use of the ITS Benefits, Costs, Lessons Learned, Deployment Statistics, and Applications Overview Knowledge Resources available on the Web.           Traffic Management and Engineering (TME) magazine     http://www.roadsbridges.com/Traffic-Management-Zone39]]></description><pubDate>12/08/2008 11:53:21 AM</pubDate><link>http://www.roadsbridges.com/A-full-quiver-article9743</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> Leased fiber optic services that include favorable maintenance agreements can be more cost effective than owned services that have high maintenance costs.</title><description><![CDATA[Guidelines for Transportation Management Systems Maintenance Concept and Plans (December 2002)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>10/29/2008 02:43:37 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00163?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Michigan, the Flint Mass Transportation Authority budgeted $1 million to develop a central system for county-wide AVL.</title><description><![CDATA[ITS Implementation Plan (June 2005)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/22/2008 02:12:20 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00151?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> A modeling study evaluated the potential deployment of full ITS capabilities in Cincinnati.  The annualized life-cycle cost was estimated at $98.2 million.</title><description><![CDATA[Benefits and Costs of Full Operations and ITS Deployment: A 2003 Simulation for Cincinnati (May 2005)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/17/2008 03:34:03 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00164?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The cost to implement the ICTransit Card system was estimated at $635,700. </title><description><![CDATA[Intelligent, Coordinated Transit Smart Card Technology (ICTransit Card) (9/1/2005)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/16/2008 02:01:01 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00154?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> In Miami, the cost to implement open road tolling (ORT) on five expressway segments was estimated at $56.5 million.</title><description><![CDATA[Miami-Dade Expressway Authority: Open Road Tolling Master Plan - 2007-2011 (March 2006)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/15/2008 03:38:40 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00169?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item><item><title>ITS Costs >> The cost of O&amp;M at the Arizona TMC was estimated at $2 million per year.</title><description><![CDATA[Transportation Management Center Staffing and Scheduling for Day-to-Day Operations (January 2006)          ITS Costs Database     http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov]]></description><pubDate>09/09/2008 03:47:54 PM</pubDate><link>http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/SummID/SC2008-00161?OpenDocument&amp;Query=Home</link></item></channel>
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