WARRANTS FOR ITS DEVICES – RESULTS OF WARRANTS TESTING TO DATE

摘要

Transportation agencies considering the deployment of technology devices to supporteither operations or maintenance activities often must perform cost/benefit analysesduring the planning and design phase. While the costs of these devices are easilyquantified, it is often difficult to assign dollar value equivalents to the benefits of suchdevices. The ENTERPRISE Pooled Fund Study ‘Warrants Project' has investigatedthe concept of warrants to determine whether technology devices (specifically ITSdevices) should be considered for deployment at specific locations. This project wasa pilot study to explore the feasibility of warrants for technology devices. Six stateDOTs, one Canadian province, and the Dutch DOT have participated in developmentand testing of these warrants. This paper summarizes the testing results and theconcept for ongoing use of the warrants.