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The Crescent Project: An Evaluation of an Element of the HELP Program: Executive Summary
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1994-02-01
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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;
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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.
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