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Feb 1972
Benefit Measurements of Highway Electronic Route Guidance
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Volume 98, Issue 1
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This paper develops and presents economic user benefits associated with alternative Electronic Route Guidance Systems (ERGS) for a sample test highway network in Springfield, VA (45,000 population), which contains several major freeway and arterial streets. The basis conclusions of the analysis are: (1) Benefits accrue faster than costs for all loop density patterns studied which range from 15% to 100% deployment of the test network; (2) the most critical components of the benefit functions were found to be the cost per accident and the value of lost time; (3) the benefits of a fully developed Electronic Route Guidance System (ERGS) in the test network were $3,270 per day; and (4) if in the vehicle display unit, costs are increased to values over $135, there will be no excess accident and mistake avoidance benefits with a fully developed static ERGS.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 98 • Issue 1 • February 1972
Pages: 51 - 69
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Feb 1972
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Salvatore J. Bellomo, M.ASCE
Assoc. Transportation Planning Engr., Alan M. Voorhees and Assoc., Inc., McLean, Va.
George K. Young Jr., AM.ASCE
Adjunct Assoc. Prof., Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
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