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User Group Deployment: Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) Operational Test. Task 3 Technical Memorandum
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1997-09-11
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By David Evans and Associates ...
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NTL Classification:NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Emergency Management;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;
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Abstract:Safety is a major goal of the National Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program.
To promote safety, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded several field operational tests to evaluate technologies designed to decrease transportation related risk. Mayday services were among these technologies. Mayday services allow motorists to report incidents to service centers which, in turn, alert a service provider who dispatches aid to the scene. Mayday services meet the national ITS goal of improving safety by “improving [emergency medical] and roadway service response, reducing the number of fatalities and the severity of injuries resulting from a collision, and reducing the number of pedestrian and vehicle collisions secondary to an incident.“ These technologies will be introduced into a well established E-911/Emergency Service arena. This arena has its own protocols, technologies, regulations, liability, and risks. New technologies that enter into this arena must adhere to or complement the existing structure in order to be effective. The User Deployment phase of the Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) project conducted a series of tests to determine if two
prototype Mayday technologies would provide such information and be able to integrate into the existing E-91 1 system. This report documents the User Deployment Phase of the Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) Field Operational Test in Seattle, Washington. This phase of the PuSHMe evaluation directly tested the functioning and reliability of the PuSHMe technologies.
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