| Title | The Crescent Project: An Evaluation of an Element of the HELP Program: Executive Summary |
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| Record ID | 12394 |
| Source | 62p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | WHM Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc.; Castle Rock Consultants; Western Highway Institute; ATA Foundation |
| Publisher | United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| Publication Date | 19940200 |
| Language | English |
| 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. |
| Rosap ID | dot:4137 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4137 |
| TRT Terms | Intelligent transportation systems programs; Motor carriers; Trucking; Commercial vehicle operations; Automatic vehicle classification; Automatic vehicle identification; Weigh in motion; Data communications; Evaluation; Benefit cost analysis |
| General Subjects | Crescent Project; Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate (HELP) program; Integrated heavy vehicle management systems |
| Classification | NTL - FREIGHT - Trucking Industry; NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Technology Transfer; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Management Systems |
| Geographical Coverage |
California |
| Availability | Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/12000/12300/12394/9566.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |