Legacy of Leadership In

Traffic Incident Management

2014 TRB Annual Meeting January 13

TRB Freeway Operations Committee:

Overview

• National Emergence of Traffic Incident Management

• Contributions of the Freeway Operations Committee

• Issues & Opportunities

Futurama - 1939

GM Driver Aid, Information & Routing (DAIR)

Futurama - 1964

Detroit “Proving Grounds”

J. McDermott

Illinois DOT Service Patrols (1960s & 70s)

Control of Work Zones

J. McDermott

Mobile Signing

J. McDermott, C. Dudek

Interagency TIM Planning & Coordination

Radio Traffic Reporter (1970s)

J. McDermott

AIS Sign (1988)

J. McDermott

Illinois Control Room (1980)

J. McDermott

Caltrans LA Control Rooms

(1971/84)

J. McDermott

Special Events – 1984 Olympics

What Made TIM a National Program?

Catalyzing Events & Activities

Pilot Freeway Traffic Management Efforts

Urban Freeway System Rehabilitation

Special Events: 1984 Olympics

Disasters: Earthquake(s), Weather

9/11: NIMS/ICS & Emergency Response Plans

Precipitating Effect of a National Goal

Evolving Traffic Incident Management as a National Initiative

1980’s FHWA

First USDOT “Incident Management” Handbook

Demonstration Project 86 Multidisciplinary Workshop

1990’s

National Incident Management Coalition Conferences

ITS Standards – “Incident Management Message Sets”

TRB & ITE Traffic Incident Management Committees

2000-2010

USDOT Public Safety Advisory Group (2000)

First National TIM Conference (2002)

National TIM Coalition (2004)

Second National TIM Conference (2006)

National Unified Goal for TIM (2007)

National Multidisciplinary TIM Training (2010)

National Unified Goal

Responder Safety

Safe Quick Clearance

Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable Communications

The “Business Case” for TIM

Traffic Congestion Management

Interstate Highway System Reliability

Emergency Preparedness

Traveler Safety

Victim Survival

Responder Safety

Traffic Incident Management

Program Elements

1. Strategic Program Planning

2. ETO/TIM Operations Plans

3. Partnership Agreements

4. Guidelines & Laws

Scene Management Guidelines,

Move Over, Steer It/Clear It, etc.

5. Services, Tools, & Systems

Patrols, Crash Reconstruction,

Traffic Management Teams,

National TIM Program Vision…

Through continuous and enhanced planning and training of all TIM personnel:

1. Reduce or eliminate responder and motorist injuries and fatalities

2. Promote rapid incident clearance thereby reducing traffic congestion

3. Develop or enhance local TIM Programs that ultimately benefit corridors, regions and states

4. Measure performance that demonstrates improved TIM responses and programs over time

5. Emphasize TIM as a system operations “core mission” for all responders

FHWA TI & Event Management Program

TIM Program Self Assessment

Performance Measures

National TIM Training Program

SHRP 2 TIM Training

Advanced TIM Workshops

Senior Management Outreach

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Next Gen National TIM Leadership

Senior Executive Summit – June, 2012

TIM Executive Leadership Group

Formative Meeting – December, 2012

(IACP, IAFC, NVFC, TRAA, AASHTO, FHWA)

Interdisciplinary Working Group Pending

TIM Network Linkage

Figure : Summit attendees with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, June 26, 2012

TRB Freeway Operations Committee Research

Incident Ramp Control – Polytechnic Inst. Of Brooklyn, 1972

Low-Cost Freeway Incident-Management Techniques – Urbanek/Tignor/Price, 1979

1983 Freeway Operations Research Circular Topics

1990’s CA, WS, TX, MI, MN Showcasing

Late 1990’s Surveillance & Incident Detection Themes

“Traffic Management for Freeway Incidents”(1977)

TRB Freeway Operations Committee

Sunday Workshop (1984-Present)

1984 Pilot Workshop Freeway Operations & Motorist Services Committees

Presentations in the Morning

Case Studies in the Afternoon

1985 Specialty Conference (1986 Report)

Similar Workshop Format through 1990

Traffic Incident Management Sunday Events up to 2014

Strategic Highway Research Program 2 – Reliability

“F-SHRP” Reliability Bi-facetted Proposal – TIM & Analytics

SHRP Reliability Program – National TIM Training Model

International Scan Tour – Traffic Incident Response (2005)

Operational (Patrols, Towing,

Scene Management, Notification, Routing)

Administrative (After Actions,

Training, Measures, Agreements, Legal)

Technological (ITS, Interoperable Radio, Crash Recon

Tools)

Programmatic (Metro/Statewide,

Education/Awareness, Budget, Cross-

Program Planning)

Dimensions of TIM

Operational •Incentivization •Strategic Recovery •Dynamic Routing •Psychology

Administrative •IHS Police Authority •X-Sector Analytics •Logistics Integration

Technological •Advanced Recovery •Connected Response •Distributed Systems

Programmatic

•Local Program Topics •IHS Ops Standards •NIMS/ICS/TIM Fusion •TRB/DOT Alignment

TIM Research Needs

Transformational Opportunities for TIM

1. National Community

2. TSM&O Program Planning

3. Transportation Public Safety Culture

4. Connected Responder / Distributed “Centers”

5. Trans-Sector Data, Services, Systems

6. TRB & AASHTO Realignments

7. Continuous Strategic TSM&O Research

8. Federal Agency Relational Refinement

9. Interstate Highway System Standardization

10.Megaregional & Multistate Institutions

Some TIM Names to Remember

• Connie Dudek

• Dave Hellman

• Bill Baker

• Joe McDermott

• Gary Milsaps

• Dick Murphy

• Mike Ogden

• John O’Laughlin

• Gordon Paesani

• Dave Roper

• Ted Smith

• Ron Sonntag

• Sam Tignor

For Additional Dialogue

John Corbin

John.corbin@dot.wi.gov

http://timnetwork.org/

Guidelines for Highway Emergency Responder & Worker Safety through

Optimal Roadway Visibility http://apps.trb.org/NCHRPBalloting/BallotingDocs/G-07prob.htm