Traffic Incident Management

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Traffic Incident Management

• What It Is and Why It Matters

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What is the Problem?

• Traffic Congestion
• is when the number of vehicles trying to use the
  road exceeds its traffic carrying capacity

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Why Is This a Problem?

• Negative Effects on People and Business

• Air quality
• Safety
• Economy
• Quality of life

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What Does Congestion Cost?

• Vehicle and Driver Costs of Delay
• Inventory, logistics, reliability, just-in-time
  processing costs
• Reductions in market areas for workers,
  customers, and incoming/outgoing deliveries.
• Business Adjustment - response may be
• Move away, go out of business
• Adjust to smaller market areas for workers,
  suppliers, and customersresults in lost
  productivity

2.3 Billion Annually
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Police Officers Killed on Duty
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US Officers Killed Accidentally 1993-2002
Source 2002 FBI UCR LEOKA
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What are the Types and Causes of Traffic
Congestion?

• Recurring
• Operations
• Capacity
• Transportation Choices
• Non-Recurring
• Incidents
• Adverse Weather
• Work Zones
• Special Events

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What Are The Solutions?
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What Are The Solutions?
Incident Management is one
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Why Incident Management?

• Non-Recurring
• Incidents
• Weather
• Work Zones
• Special Events

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What Is an Incident?
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What is Incident Management?

• Detection

• Verification

• Response

• Site Management

• Traffic Management

Incident management is a cooperative
multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional response to
highway traffic disruptions.

• Clearance

• Recovery

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Timeline of an Incident
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Who Should be Involved?

• Law enforcement
• Fire
• 911 dispatch
• Towing and Recovery

• EMS
• HAZMAT
• Transportation agencies
• Media

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TIME Task Force Mission
to facilitate the safest and fastest traffic
incident clearance for emergency responders and
the motoring public... Metro Atlanta Traffic
Incident Management Enhancement Task Force
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TIME Task Force Role

• Improve coordination, communication, and
  cooperation between different agencies in the
  region
• Inform the public what to do in an incident
  steer it and clear it.
• Develop and deliver common training for all
  incident responders in the region

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Whos Joined Already?

• Federal Highway Administration
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• Dekalb County Fire and Rescue Services
• Dekalb County Roads and Drainage Department
• Douglasville Police Department
• Gwinnett County Police Department
• Gwinnett County Fire Department
• Cobb County Police Department
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
• Georgia Emergency Management Agency
• Street Smarts
• Atlanta Regional Commission
• City of Roswell Department of Transportation

City of Atlanta Police Department City of Atlanta
Fire Department Georgia State Patrol Roswell
Police Department Governors Office of Highway
Safety North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Towing
and Recovery Association of Georgia Clayton
County DOT Clayton County Fire Department Cobb
County DOT Georgia Motor Trucking
Association Cobb County Fire Department National
Engineering Technology Corporation
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What Can I Do About It Now?

• Agree that Incident Management can benefit the
  community
• Adopt a Resolution Stating your Support for
  Incident Management
• Direct Your Emergency Responders
  (Police/Fire/Transportation) to Join the TIME
  Task Force

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What Are The Benefits?

• A Forum for Improving Incident Management
• Training Opportunities
• Access To Lessons Learned Database
• Access To NaviGAtor Video Feed
• Recognition Programs

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What Are The Long Term Benefits?

• Better Air quality
• Better Safety
• Better Economy
• Better Quality of life

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What Will It Cost?

• TIME to
• Coordinate with other agencies
• Attend forums
• Develop and implement local procedures
• Prepare and submit lessons learned
• Participate in committee assignments

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Summary - Congestion and Incident Management

• Congestion Costs the Region 2.3 Billion Annually
• Over Half of all Congestion is Non-Recurring
• Half of all non-Recurring Congestion is due to
  Incidents
• For Every Minute a lane is blocked, it Takes 3 to
  7 minutes to recover free flow once the lane is
  clear.

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Summary - Congestion and Incident Management

• More than half of all police officers killed on
  duty die from traffic accidents, many are killed
  while responding to incidents
• Incident Management Can Make the streets safer
  for our emergency responders and the traveling
  public
• Incident management can help us clear incidents
  faster, reducing traffic congestion and delay

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Recommendations

• Agree that Incident Management can benefit the
  community
• Adopt a Resolution Stating your Support for
  Incident Management
• Direct Your Emergency Responders
  (Police/Fire/Transportation) to Join the TIME
  Task Force

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Questions?

• For more information on the TIME Task Force,
  please contact (404)635-TIME(8463)
• http//www.dot.state.ga.us/specialsubjects/time/in
  dex.shtml
• http//www.georgia-navigator.com/