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Transportation Cost Analysis - Vehicle Costs
vtpi.orgoperating costs are about 40% higher on urban arterials than highways, and costs increase proportional to travel time when congestion reduces traffic speed to 30 mph on a highway or 20 mph on an arterial (see discussion in Chapter 5.5).4 Roadway investment models
More COPS, Less Crime - Princeton University
www.princeton.edua post-program indicator, suggests that each additional sworn officer reduces victimization costs by about $352,000. The implied elasticity of cost-weighted crime with respect to police is -1.17, which is large relative to most existing estimates in the literature.
Electronic Monitoring Reduces Recidivism
www.ojp.govElectronic Monitoring Reduces Recidivism A large NIJ-funded study of Florida offenders placed on electronic monitoring found that moni-toring significantly reduces the likelihood of failure under community supervision. The decline in the risk of failure is about 31 percent compared with offenders placed on other forms of community supervision.
Executive Control of Cognitive Processes in Task Switching
www.apa.orgTask alternation yielded switching-time costs that increased with rule complexity but decreased with task cuing. These factor effects were additive, supporting a model of executive control that has goal-shifting and rule-activation stages for task switching. It appears that rule
Understanding Manufacturing Energy and Carbon Footprints
www1.eere.energy.govhealth of U.S. manufacturers. More-efficient use of energy lowers production costs, conserves limited energy resources, and increases productivity. The more-efficient use ofenergy also has positive impacts on the environment, including reduced emissions of …