Ready When U R: ITS Applications Should Not Be Overlooked During Times of Emergency

This article describes how intelligent transportation system (ITS) products used in roads and transit systems can help during a catastrophic emergency. The article describes the efforts by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the ITS Joint Program Office and Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations in conjunction with the John A. Volpe national Transportation Systems Center to better understand how ITS works in the event of a catastrophe. Researchers examined the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the power outage in the northeast in August of 2003, the fire in the rail tunnel in Baltimore in 2001, and the Northridge earthquake in California in 1994. The article reviews each of these events and the technologies that were implemented. Within the immediate affected areas, the three primary uses involved transportation management centers, video collection and distribution systems, and traffic signal systems. Outside of the immediate area, variable message signs, highway advisory radio, and websites were employed.

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• Authors:
  • DeBlasio, Allan J
  • Regan, Terrance J
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 4-7
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Emergency management; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic signals; Variable message signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01019381
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2006 9:07AM