Demonstration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use for Traffic Incident Management (UAS-TIM)

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• Alternative Title:
  Demonstration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use for Traffic Incident Management (UAS-TIM): Final Report
• Creators:
  Stevens Jr., Charles R. ; Blackstock, Tiffany
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency response time
  • Incident management
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Traffic congestion
  • Traffic flow
  • Traffic incidents
  • Traffic surveillance
  • Drones
• Publication/ Report Number:
  PRC 17-69 F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01655169
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Previous investigations into technologies that can improve incident response, monitoring, and clearance resulted in the potential application of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for use in Traffic Incident Management (TIM). An initial investigation of UAS-TIM, summarized in the March 2017 report titled "Concept of Operations for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use for Traffic Incident Management (UAS-TIM)," determined the need to observe and understand the real-time capabilities and functions of UAS-TIM, and suggested that researchers observe UAS-TIM capabilities and functions by executing a live demonstration. This document reports on the observed capabilities and functions of a UAS-TIM demonstration in Houston, Texas in May 2017 and provides conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential of UAS-TIM to be a successful tool.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35079/dot_35079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9284e44d27d95102b222b87597562ea8ede77b6ace37a8beb50f4333aee280d9