The Federal Highway Administration has declared Nov. 14-18, 2016, as the first national Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week. The Missouri Department of Transportation and its partners including … [Read more...] about Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week, Nov. 14-18
Incident Management
Review of Literature and Practices for Incident Management Programs
The project team examined project evaluations, best practice summaries, and synthesis documents, and derived a summary of key elements of programs to speed the time to find and clear stalled vehicles … [Read more...] about Review of Literature and Practices for Incident Management Programs
Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Guidance and Implications
Improving traffic incident management is one means to help reduce congestion, as traffic incidents account for approximately 25 percent of total congestion on U.S. highways. Between July and September … [Read more...] about Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Guidance and Implications
Traffic Incident Management Gap Analysis Primer
The research conducted for this gap analysis determined that there is no one-size-fits-all TIM program. As a result the recommendations contained within this document should be tailored towards the … [Read more...] about Traffic Incident Management Gap Analysis Primer
Incident Capacity Reduction on Four-lane Freeways Using Real World Data: Multilane Closures
One of the main goals in incident management is to reduce delay and queuing caused by an incident. Delay and queuing are among other things dependent on the road capacity, so an accurate estimate of … [Read more...] about Incident Capacity Reduction on Four-lane Freeways Using Real World Data: Multilane Closures
A Smartphone-Based Prototype System for Incident/Work Zone Management Driven by Crowd-Sourced Data
This project develops a smartphone-based prototype system that supplements the 511 system to improve its dynamic traffic routing service to state highway users under non-recurrent congestion. This … [Read more...] about A Smartphone-Based Prototype System for Incident/Work Zone Management Driven by Crowd-Sourced Data