Impact Assessment of Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers (INC-ZONE) and Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (RESP-STG)

Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.) is a bundle of applications that targets the improvement of traffic safety and mobility during crashes and other emergencies that affect the highway network. A key R.E.S.C.U.M.E. focus is on traffic incident management and responder safety. Another is emergency communications for evacuation. The R.E.S.C.U.M.E. bundle includes the following three applications: (1) Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (RESP-STG), (2) Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers (INC-ZONE), and (3) Emergency Communications for Evacuation (EVAC). This document constitutes the Impact Assessment Report for the INC-ZONE and RESP-STG applications. The assessment includes a qualitative evaluation of a prototype of the two applications that were demonstrated in Maryland on November 13, 2014. It further includes a quantitative analysis that estimates the potential impacts of INC-ZONE and RESP-STG on mobility and safety, using the US 101 San Mateo corridor simulation, and an extrapolation of the impacts using incident data from I-495 in Maryland.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3545
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Booz Allen Hamilton

  8283 Greensboro Drive
  McLean, VA  United States  22102
• Authors:
  • Cordahi, Gustave
  • Ettefagh, Mahsa
  • Kamalanathsharma, Raj
  • Murari, Sudeeksha
• Publication Date: 2015-5-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 67p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Construction and maintenance personnel; Emergency communication systems; Incident management; Mobility; Simulation; Traffic safety; Traveler information and communication systems; Warning systems; Work zone safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency responders
• Geographic Terms: Maryland; San Mateo (California)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01568662
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-15-203
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-12-D-00041
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 2015 9:16AM