INCIDENTS MANAGEMENT COORDINATION IN TUNNELS

The tunnels are special points in the road network. The singularity of the tunnels as a closed environment presents characteristics such as artificial luminosity, ventilation, a limited number of exits, etc. These characteristics imply the management and a control of the traffic in the surrounding area in a distinct way from the rest of the elements of the road network. When an incident is produced inside the tunnel, it is necessary to develop a set of measures of management and coordination between organizations that control the surrounding area of the tunnel. The aim of the present article is to show the developed methodology by the 'Direccion General de Trafico' (DGT) to create the protocols for incident management coordination in tunnels. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134653.

• Authors:
  • SERRANO, A
  • JIMENEZ, A L
  • TOMAS, V R
  • HERRERO, M
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ITS WORLD CONGRESS, LONDON, 8-12 OCTOBER 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Incident detection; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic control; Tunnels
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1632: Incident detection; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 654: Traffic control; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082102
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 29 2007 3:14PM