Automated Incident Management Plan Using Geographic Information Systems Technology for Traffic Management Centers

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• Creators:
  Siegfried, Robert H. ; Vaidya, Nitin
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Transfer Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Advanced Traveler Information Systems Automated Highway Systems Automated Traffic Management System (ATMS) Automated Traveler Information System (ATIS) Automatic Incident Detection Automation Geographic Information Systems Intelligent Vehicle Highway System (IVHS) Intelligent Vehicles Route Guidance Service Patrol Management Traffic Patrol

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TXDOT-94/1928-lF
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report: August 1992 - July 1993
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This study addresses the need to incorporate automated incident management in a traffic management center to respond to accidents, disabled vehicles, and other capacity-reducing incidents. The strategy examined to address this need involved developing an automated incident management plan, by customizing personal computer (PC) software and special programs, as a tool to assist operators in the decision malting process. The objective of the study was to develop a database management system. To accomplish the objective, Geographical Information System (GIS) technology was customized for incident management. The plan was developed using a GIS development platform approach. PC-ARC/INFO was used to develop prototype/demonstration applications of two types. The first type pertains to incident management operations applications, which addresses Alternate Routing, Incident Response, and Resource Management. The second type pertains to planning and analysis applications, which includes a Roads Database Query, and Incident Database Query. Commercially available programs such as PASSER-II and CAMEO have been integrated into the plan to enhance the capabilities of the automated incident management plan. The development of GIS applications for incident management has identified issues that must be addressed prior to implementing a large-scale automated incident management system.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  7-1928
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4bf06f486cac81e011d7f81bdef188bcfabc2e195d9423d4f900c1aa595136fa8c87d5238952853eace766d197f01689919164809e39ba0031c1e404684ad634
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83110/dot_83110_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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