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Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative. ITS JPO Lead : Linda Dodge Technical Lead : Vince Pearce, Office of Transportation Operations. Challenge.

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Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

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  1. Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative ITS JPO Lead: Linda Dodge Technical Lead: Vince Pearce, Office of Transportation Operations

  2. Challenge • Larger-scale incidents can affect people and transportation across entire regions; citizens depend upon transportation for escape and rapid response • Aggressively managed transportation is critical for response and recovery • This requires acquiring information rapidly and disseminating it rapidly to responders and travelers Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  3. Opportunity • The activities under this initiative will: • Assist responders (and the public) by using ITS to: • Verify the nature of a problem, identify an appropriate response, and get the proper equipment and personnel to the scene quickly and safety • Provide effective traveler information during major disasters • Plan for, monitor, and manage major incidents involving evacuation Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  4. Milestone/End Product • Using ITS to more effectively manage major incidents, resulting in: • Faster and better prepared responses to major incidents • Shorter incident durations • Reduced negative impact on system • More rapid restoration of normal travel conditions • Using ITS to improve management of everyday incidents Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  5. Roadmap Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  6. Program Plan/Approach • The Initiative consists of three phases • Phase 1: Reducing Size and Number of Evacuations • Phase 2: Improved Evacuation Management • Phase 3: Standards Facilitating Incident Response and Integration • Duration of Initiative • FY04-FY08 Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  7. Phase 1:Reducing Size and Number of Evacuations • Goal: To significantly improve the speed and effectiveness of response by towing/recovery and hazmat responders and improve management of incident scene and queues • Actions: • Enable snapshot of scene (sent by first responder to towing/recovery/hazmat responders) • Use CAPWIN (Capital Wireless Integrated network) as testbed • Investigate technologies that can be applied to incident scene traffic control • Investigate technologies that can be useful in the event of a regional biohazard incident Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  8. Phase 2: Improved Evacuation Management • Goal: Provide the tools, procedures, and information that can actively manage and expedite the safe progress of an evacuation • Actions: • Develop the next-generation evacuation planning tool and first generation evacuation management tool • Disaster-Related Application of ATIS • Rapid Restoration of ITS • Develop design, installation and maintenance guidance for agencies; partner with manufacturers of equipment and operators • Rural Areas (evacuees may flee into rural areas) • Need to manage volume and also assist in return to evacuation site • Monitoring Evacuation Routes • Infrastructure- and vehicle-based technologies Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  9. Phase 3: Standards Facilitating Incident Response and Integration • Goal: Have working standards available that support integrated management of all forms of incidents, and demonstrate the value of their use • Actions: • Center-to-Center Standards for Incident Management • Testing, demonstration, evaluation, implementation • Data interchange standards between transportation operators and public safety • Partnership with US Department of Justice • Harmonization of transportation incident management standards with corresponding Public Safety and Homeland Security standards Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

  10. Summary • Major incident focus • Technologies • Photo phone • Mini cams • Probe data • Evacuation management software • Improved methods • Ready to go when Initiative ends • Broad benefits Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

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