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A CHECK LIST FOR WORK ZONE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PLANS. IN: COMPENDIUM: PAPERS ON ADVANCED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, 2003

To date, a considerable amount of research has been conducted in regards to general incident management on freeways. Likewise, a considerable amount of research has been conducted on work zone management and the effects a work zone has on a freeway system. This research is on the instance that an incident occurs within a work zone and the situations that arise as a result, as well as the effects it may have on the surrounding system. The overall goal of this research was to devise a check list that will aid in the process of designing a work zone incident management plan that is complete, efficient, and tailored to a specific work zone. The check list will be useful to anyone who may be involved with traffic management through a work zone such as various transportation agencies, project managers, contractors, etc. A literature review was conducted to acquire a better understanding of past and current practices of incident management. Many general freeway incident management principles can be directly applied to incident management within work zones but other incident management principles must be derived due to additional constraints and limitations posed by the existence of a work zone. A better understanding of issues that commonly arise in other applications of incident management results from the literature review that was conducted. The issues were then properly addressed when developing the work zone incident management plan check list. A survey of various agencies that are associated with activities conducted in work zones was conducted in order to document some of the current practices relating to work zone incident management. The survey was designed to determine the steps transportation agencies take in order to plan, organize, and design their work zone incident management plans. Overall, the survey was sent to 17 agencies, 10 public agencies and 7 private agencies. Seven surveys were returned and synthesized, as documented in the survey section of the report, in order to create a work zone incident management plan check list. The check list devised is a result of extensive literature research as well as feedback received from professionals in the field. It outlines a basic structure of steps that can be followed in creating a work zone incident management plan. The check list is divided into four different steps: Pre-Plan Necessities; Identifying Systems, Delegating Responsibility, and Setting Protocols; Specializing the Plan; and Assessing Quality and Effectiveness of the Plan.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 213-246
  • Monograph Title: COMPENDIUM: PAPERS ON ADVANCED SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, 2003

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00974910
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC/03/473700-00003-6
  • Contract Numbers: DTRS99-G0006
  • Files: UTC, TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 21 2004 12:00AM