SYSTEM CHALLENGES OF TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

Because of the restrictions and limitations confronting efforts to construct new urban freeways, it has become increasingly important to efficiently operate and manage those facilities that exist. Incident management is one element of freeway operation that is under intensive research and that appears to offer significant opportunity for improving the quality and quantity of service provided. This paper defines the various elements of the incident management system. The intent is to identify system considerations that are significant in the design and implementation of an incident management system including within it the elements of cost, response time, performance characteristics, and trade-off analyses.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr153/153-019.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 7th Summer Mtg. of TRB in cooperation with Florida DOT, Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 5-7, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Yagoda, H Nathan
  • Adler, Bernard
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 156-165
• Monograph Title: Better use of existing transportation facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Emergency response time; Freeways; Improvements; Management; Performance; Reaction time; Systems engineering; Traffic incidents
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099509
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM