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Alternative Title:
USDOT Region V Regional University Transportation Center Final Report
Creators:
Savolainen, Peter T. ; Ghosh, Indrajit
Savolainen, Peter T. ; Ghosh, Indrajit Less -
Corporate Creators:
NEXTRANS Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accident Data Accident Investigation Incident Detection Incident Management Traffic Incidents
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Detroit (Michigan)
Corporate Publisher:
NEXTRANS Center (U.S.)
Abstract:
Traffic incidents, such as crashes and vehicular breakdowns, result in reductions in roadway capacity and

are the primary cause of non-recurrent congestion in urban areas. In addition to contributing to

congestion and delay, incidents adversely affect the safety of other motorists, as well as first responders.

To address these issues, transportation agencies have initiated incident management programs aimed at

detecting and responding to incidents in order to restore freeways to full capacity by clearing the incident

scene as soon as possible. Such programs play an important role in the operation of the transportation

system and require collaboration and efficient communication among various agencies, including fire and

rescue, police, towing and recovery, transportation engineers, and freeway service patrols. In the Detroit

metropolitan area, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) operates a Freeway Courtesy

Patrol (FCP) program as part of its freeway incident management program from the Michigan Intelligent

Transportation Systems (MITS) Center in downtown Detroit. As a part of its operations, the MITS

Center maintains a series of databases that detail freeway operations, as well as the activities of the FCP.

However, to date these databases have been maintained independently of one another and no research has

examined the interrelationships between freeway operations and the services of the FCP. This report

details the activities from the first year of a two-year study aimed at analyzing operations and incident

response on the Detroit freeway network.


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PDF
Funding:
NEXTRANS Project No. 051WY02
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection University Transportation Centers
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20575/dot_20575_DS1.pdf
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