A common Electronic Freight Management would improve the speed, accuracy, and visibility of information transfer in a freight movement, which could reap large rewards for the U.S. economy . The EFM initiative builds on a previous ITS freight operational test that focused on one domestic truck-air-truck supply chain. Read about all our major initiatives.
ITS Lesson of the Month
Consult with traffic engineers early in the process of no-notice evacuations to secure the use of traffic management resources and to identify routes for evacuation and re-entry. more >>
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ITS Benefit of the Month
In Salt Lake City, Utah, staff meteorologists stationed at a TOC provided detailed weather forecast data to winter maintenance personnel, reducing costs for snow and ice control activities, and yielding a benefit-to-cost ratio of 10:1.
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