The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Operations has actively engaged in the national deployment of Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs since the office was deployed. Public agencies are increasingly using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for a variety of purposes and are developing sections to coordinate UAS use. Several Law
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Every day, police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), transportation, and towing professionals are working on or near our Nation’s roadways, clearing roadway incidents and helping the safe and efficient flow of traffic. Their familiar emergency lights (amber, blue, and red) are meant to alert drivers to their presence and cue them to use great
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On rural roadways, traffic incident responders face several unique roadway characteristics and conditions that create safety challenges for both responders and the traveling public. These safety challenges can slow the Traffic Incident Management (TIM) response timeline (detection, notification, and arrival stages), disrupt responder communications
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Traffic Incident Management, or TIM, offers coordinated strategies to detect, respond to, and clear traffic incidents. TIM programs increase traveler and responder safety. They also improve travel reliability, air quality, energy use, and commerce on all roadways. When a crash, debris, stalled vehicle, or other incident affects roadways, TIM progra
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2024-01-01
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Emergency vehicle operation is a dangerous part of the job for public safety agencies, such as police, fire, and emergency medical services. Signalized intersections are particularly dangerous, and they require responders to slow or stop and proceed cautiously when facing a red signal. Emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) changes the traffic signal i
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy relies on the Safe System Approach to mitigate risks associated with roadway crashes. Once a crash happens, actions can be taken to care for the injured, protect responding personnel, and prevent secondary crashes. Just as the safe system relies on a holistic approach and mult
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Emergency warning lights ahead are a cue to drivers to slow down, move over, and be cautious. The challenge is that there is no national standard for the color, placement, intensity, or flash pattern of emergency warning lights across police, fire, emergency medical services, transportation, and towing vehicles. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Contro
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The Gasoline Product Supplied report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Administration
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Charles D. Baker served as the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation (1969); the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy and International Affairs (1970-1971); and the Under Secretary of Health and Human Services (1984-1985).
Charles D. Baker served as the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation (1969); the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy and International Affairs (1970-1971); and the Under Secretary of Health and Human Services (1984-1985).
Charles D. Baker served as the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation (1969); the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy and International Affairs (1970-1971); and the Under Secretary of Health and Human Services (1984-1985).
John W. Barnum served as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation beginning in 1971, became Under Secretary of Transportation in 1973, and was appointed Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1974 through 1977.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman. He was the first African American brigadier general in the USAF. He worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 1981, serving as Director of Civil Aviation Security (1970-1971), Assistant Secretary of T
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After serving as Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation, Paul L. Sitton (1927-1987) became the first Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration in 1968.
During the Nixon and Ford administrations, Robert Henri Binder (1932-2004) rose to the position of Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Plans, and International Affairs in the DOT. Later he was president of the Transportation Association of America.
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