Quick Clearance Of Major Traffic Incidents

Author : Walter M. Dunn
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309069661
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe and Quick Clearance of Traffic Incidents written by Walter M. Dunn and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2003 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 318: Safe and Quick Clearance of Traffic Incidents profiles laws, policies, and procedures for facilitating clearance of traffic incidents, primarily those initially blocking travel lanes and attended to by the vehicle operator, on highways in urban and rural areas. The report discusses quick clearance legislation, hold harmless laws, policies governing the removal of accident victims, the duties of private tow companies, and more.

Author : Kevin N. Balke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quick Clearance of Major Traffic Incidents written by Kevin N. Balke and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Guidance and Implications written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 2012, 330 collisions were recorded for the I-66 corridor in Northern Virginia alone, of which 82 required more than 1 hour to clear. To improve its incident management efforts, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Northern Region Operations recently piloted a quick clearance policy called Operation Instant Tow. With an instant tow concept, a tow truck and a Virginia State Police trooper are dispatched simultaneously to the site of specific incident types (e.g., lane blocking events), thus reducing clearance time. VDOT’s Operations Division is interested in the potential expansion of this initiative to other operations regions and the employment of other quick clearance initiatives currently not executed in Virginia. The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate traffic incident management initiatives including quick clearance practices and policies used by other state departments of transportation; (2) to assess the feasibility of adopting strategies that are not currently implemented in Virginia; and (3) to provide emergency responders and VDOT staff with a tool to estimate the benefits of clearing an incident quickly, individualized for a particular incident, location, and time. The tool would provide an incident commander with real-time information on the costs to the traveler from extended lane closures. The guidance and data tool developed in this study will provide VDOT with additional mechanisms to broaden and strengthen its outreach to the responder community and improve real-time awareness of incident lane closure costs. The guidance on quick clearance is intended to support statewide implementation of strategies to improve incident response and clearance times. Implementing this guidance will provide strengthened interagency coordination and cooperation resulting in measurable benefits for traffic incident management.

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Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to assist agencies responsible for incident management activities on public roadways to improve their programs and operations.Organized into three major sections: Introduction to incident management; organizing, planning, designing and implementing an incident management program; operational and technical approaches to improving the incident management process.

Author : Jodi Louise Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Laws written by Jodi Louise Carson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constituting 'Quick Clearance Laws', three types of general legislation Move Over, Driver Removal, and Authority Removal laws - support concurrent Quick Clearance operations intended to enhance motorist and responder safety, as well as reduce congestion and delay. Although a number of States currently have one or more of these laws in place, observed variability in the existence, wording, and coverage of Quick Clearance Laws challenges further implementation. The intent of this investigation was to better support Quick Clearance Law implementation efforts by better preparing States to respond to questions regarding the necessity of Quick Clearance legislation and identifying examples from existing State Move Over, Driver Removal, and Authority Removal legislation that serve to both support and challenge successful incident management operations. Through this investigation, carefully crafted statutory content and language that best support Quick Clearance objectives, and agency/industry partnerships that provide demonstrated, united support for safe, Quick Clearance objectives and related legislation were observed to be key factors supporting implementation of Quick Clearance Laws. This report includes: (1) a description of the role and relevance of Quick Clearance Laws in the broader traffic incident management context; (2) a detailed review of the purpose and intent, model language, observed content trends and anomalies, and implementation challenges and resolutions for Move Over, Driver Removal, and Authority Removal laws including specific examples from State legislation; and (3) concluding remarks and proposed strategies for implementation, including beneficial synergy resulting from combined Quick Clearance Law implementation.

Author : Jodi Louise Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Laws :. written by Jodi Louise Carson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher : FEMA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management Systems written by Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by FEMA. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With full color photographs and other illustrations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incident Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Incident Management in Hazardous Materials Spills in Incident Clearance written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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