Best Practices for Traffic Incident Management in Florida

The purpose of this research effort was to consolidate pertinent information on traffic incident management programs, procedures, and techniques from throughout the country and within the state of Florida; summarize lessons learned and best practices; identify suitable performance measures for incident management programs; and recommend overall program improvements for application in Florida. This report documents the research effort of the project and provides recommendations for future directions in incident management, and recommends specific performance measures to be employed in evaluating incident management system performance.

• Record URL:
  http://ftp.fdot.gov/file/d/FTP/FDOT%20LTS/CO/research/Completed_Proj/Summary_TE/FDOT_BC353_47_rpt.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5375

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Authors:
  • Hagen, Lawrence T
• Publication Date: 2005-4-21

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 31p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Incident management; Performance measurement; Recommendations; Traffic incidents
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002009
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CUTR Report No. 21170543, HS-043 799
• Contract Numbers: BC-353-47
• Files: HSL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 2005 1:30PM