Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management Executive Summary

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Contributors:
  Vasconez, Kimberly C.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Incident management
  • Best practices
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-10-050x
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Abstract:
  Traffic incident management (TIM) is a planned and coordinated program to detect and remove incidents and restore traffic capacity as safely and as quickly as possible. Over time, various tools and strategies have been developed and implemented in an effort to improve overall TIM efforts. The nature and extent of tools and strategies in use are highly variable across the Nation, reflecting different priorities, congestion effects, levels of program maturity, and investment. As a direct result, the reported effectiveness of individual or combined strategies is inconsistent. To achieve a higher level of effectiveness in U.S. TIM efforts and to accelerate the implementation process, the objectives of this investigation were to review and assess various TIM policies, procedures, and technologies to identify current “best practices” in the United States, and seek a synergistic partnership with the National Traffic Incident Management Coalition (NTIMC) to support both the identification of best practices in the United States and the implementation of these practices by State, regional, and local TIM partners.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42122/dot_42122_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 383.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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