Improved Incident Response through Coordinated, Interoperable Communications

Details

• Creators:
  Moomen, Milhan ; Rahman, Ashifur ; Khan, Waseem A
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center ; Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Incident management
  • Traffic incidents
  • Interoperability
  • Communication
  • Emergency communication systems
  • Needs assessment
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/LA.25/705
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report January 2023-2024
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  This study aimed to conduct a needs assessment and performance evaluation of Traffic Incident Management (TIM) in Louisiana and identify areas for TIM improvement. The study also aimed to assess interoperability as a solution to communication gaps. The research team achieved this by performing evaluations and assessments of Louisiana’s TIM and communications during traffic incident response.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR: TT-Fed/TT-Reg - 5
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82245/dot_82245_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.98 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4dab054606881d4a09b4a23eb33c6a4ccf5ff604929a4914730e0047b89dbc2662a974f04d6471a8d6c41862506fdba44e61aa4cb9f884b301a38c4d57348487