Evaluation of Low-cost Freeway Incident Management Techniques in Tampa, Florida PDF Download

Author: G. L. Urbanek
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Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Book Description
Experience has shown that at traffic incident scenes, safety and operations can be improved if good on-site traffic management is used. Motorists lose about 750 million vehicle-hours per year while waiting for incidents to be removed, and over 2 million accidents per year occur on urban freeways alone. The overall research study developed methodology for identifying low-cost incident management systems for responding to freeway disturbances. Emphasis is placed on the development of pre-planned response techniques, candidate jurisdictional agreements, traffic operational procedures for incident sites, and overall improvement of freeway incident management. This report summarizes the field demonstration of several low-cost alternatives.