The Crescent Project: An Evaluation of an Element of the HELP Program: Executive Summary

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  WHM Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc. ; Castle Rock Consultants ; Western Highway Institute ; ATA Foundation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Automatic Vehicle Classification Automatic Vehicle Identification Benefit Cost Analysis Commercial Vehicle Operations Crescent Project Data Communications Evaluation Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate (HELP) Program Integrated Heavy Vehicle Management Systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Programs Motor Carriers Trucking Weigh In Motion

  More +
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry ; NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Technology Transfer ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Management Systems
• Abstract:
  The HELP/Crescent Project on the West Coast evaluated the applicability of four technologies for screening transponder-equipped vehicles. The technologies included automatic vehicle identification, weigh-in-motion, automatic vehicle classification, and integrated communications systems and databases. The benefits data are developed as a projection of experience from the project and from other databases rather than direct measurement by the project. It is projected impact of hazardous material incidents could be reduced by $1.7 million annually per state. Estimates of reductions in tax evasion range from $0.5 to $1.8 million annually per state. Overweight loads could be reduced by 5% leading to a savings of $5.6 million annually. Operating costs of a weigh station could be reduced up to $169,000, with credentials checking adding $4.3-$8.6 million and automated safety inspections adding $156,000-$781,000 in savings due to avoided accidents annually per state. A full implementation of services examined in the Crescent project would yield a benefit/cost ratio of 4.8 for a typical state government over a 20-year period. Less complete implementations range in benefit/cost ratio from no benefit up to 12:1 for the government. This website provides a link to the evaluation's executive summary in PDF format; the appendices can be accessed through the National Transportation Library. The site also provides links to related documents in the ITS Benefits Database and Unit Costs Database under Taxonomy.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:807e99c2dcbdbe997e66080b5a5ce9554cf705acab4fba503a821b5bb190272a
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4137/dot_4137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 629.49 KB ]