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Taxonomy Category

Road Weather Management > Traffic Control > Variable Speed Limits

Unit Costs LogoRelevant Unit Cost Subsystems:

Unadjusted

Roadside Telecommunications (RS-TC)

Roadside Detection (RS-D)

Roadside Control (RS-C)

Roadside Information (RS-I)

Transportation Management Center (TM)

Adjusted (to 2009 dollars)

Roadside Telecommunications (RS-TC)

Roadside Detection (RS-D)

Roadside Control (RS-C)

Roadside Information (RS-I)

Transportation Management Center (TM)

 

System Costs Logo Available System Cost Data:

In Finland, the average implementation cost for a weather responsive roadside VSL system on a dual carriageway was estimated at 80,000€; average maintenance costs (including replacement costs) were estimated at 3,500 €/km/year.
In Finland, approximately 350 km of roadway have been equipped with variable speed limits—most of...(25 March 2006)

A variable speed limit system consisting of multiple ITS components and covering 40 miles over the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington was designed and implemented for $5 million.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) deployed a variable speed limit (VSL)...(November 2001)

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