Project 6.4
Cost/Benefit Tool Evaluation – Phase 2
There are a number of benefit/cost tools developed for different uses. The table below provides a description and link to other benefit/cost tools and resources including the North/West Passage benefit/cost tools.
| Benefit/Cost Tools and Resources | Description |
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| ITS Prioritization Spreadsheet (developed by WSDOT) (DOCX, 48K) | This tool provides initial scoring for the value and importance of proposed ITS projects. |
| North/West Passage Benefit/Cost Tool Spreadsheet (XLSX, 176K) | The North/West Passage Benefit/Cost Spreadsheet Tool includes providing a quantitative analysis on the following ITS devices:
The tool includes all the standard costs and benefits (e.g. travel time savings, vehicle operating cost savings, safety benefits) but adds in DOT cost-savings as a benefit. |
| North/West Passage Benefit/Cost Tool Metadata (PDF, 366K) | The North/West Passage Benefit/Cost Tool Metadata is a summary of the data used to calculate the benefit/cost savings in the North/West Passage Benefit/Cost Tool. |
| Tool for Operations Benefit/Cost TOPS-BC (TOPS-BC) | TOPS-BC is a spreadsheet-based tool that was developed to provide benefit/cost information related to Transportation System Management and Operations (TSM&O) by providing four key capabilities.
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| Evaluation Model for Freeway ITS Scoping (EMFITS) (PDF, 1558K) | EMFITS was developed for the New York State DOT to estimate benefits of ITS deployments on freeways. The uses of the tool include:
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| Intelligent Transportation System Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) | IDAS is a sketch-planning software analysis tool to estimate the benefits and costs of ITS investments. IDAS requires the output of a regional demand model to operate. |
| California Life-Cycle Benefit/Cost Analysis Model (CAL-BC) | CAL-BC is an Excel spreadsheet-based tool developed by Caltrans. Originally designed to conduct benefit/cost analysis of traditional highway improvements, Cal-B/C has been subsequently enhanced to be used to analyze many types of highway construction and operational improvement projects, as well as some ITS and transit projects. |
| Screening for ITS (SCRITS) | SCRITS is a spreadsheet analysis tool for estimating the user benefits of ITS. It is intended as a sketch-level or screening-level analysis tool to allow practitioners to obtain an initial indication of the possible benefits of various ITS applications. It is not intended for detailed analysis. |
| USDOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration – ITS Benefits Database | This site provides access to the benefits of ITS deployments to assist transportation professions in making information planning and investment decisions. |
| Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned: 2011 Update (PDF, 6214K) | This report is a continuation of a series of reports providing a snapshot of the information collected by the USDOT ITS Joint Program Office on the impact that ITS projects have on the operation of the surface transportation network. |