Best Practices for Emergency Rerouting : Research and Findings Manual

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• Corporate Creators:
  Kimley-Horn and Associates
• Corporate Contributors:
  Cambridge Systematics
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Best Practices Communication Devices Disasters And Emergency Operations Emergencies Emergency Communication Systems Emergency Management Emergency Reroutes Incident Management Signing Signs Transportation Operations Centers

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• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Michigan is a geographically diverse state with some metropolitan or urban centers and vast rural areas
  
  that attract recreational and tourist activities. Each of the State’s seven MDOT regions present unique
  
  incident management challenges as well as a broad range of impacts to traffic flow during planned and
  
  unplanned events. In an effort to provide a framework that can address these traffic flow challenges
  
  during freeway road closures the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) identified the need for
  
  a manual to document a consistent statewide strategy for emergency rerouting identification for reference
  
  by all regions in Michigan. A few MDOT regions currently have emergency rerouting plans in place;
  
  however, some of the existing plans have not been reviewed or revised since they were originally
  
  developed. There are few standard processes for defining and documenting emergency alternate routes. A
  
  statewide manual would help support regions in updating or establishing a documented set of practices for
  
  maintaining emergency rerouting plans.
  
  MDOT identified a desire to research different practices other states are using for emergency reroute
  
  planning to identify strong examples for reference. The research effort was intended to combine feedback
  
  from Michigan stakeholders with the key findings, lessons learned, and experiences from other states to
  
  create a standard, statewide practice for developing emergency reroutes. The manual is a tool
  
  summarizing recommendations that stakeholders can take forward during the development and
  
  implementation of emergency reroutes on a regional level. With the diversity of Michigan’s regions, it
  
  was recognized that a “one size fits all” approach would not be feasible; rather, regions would need to
  
  adapt emergency rerouting plans to the specific agencies, partnerships, and roadway networks within their
  
  respective regions.
  
  It is important for the user to understand the assumptions surrounding the use of this document. The
  
  following summarizes the understanding of the intent behind the development of this manual.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:81f8d87cd59e718dc819c09428b0ebc6c1ec79e2619e54350059680926cf21c3
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25175/dot_25175_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.28 MB ]