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Establish a local incident management program that includes specific guidelines for all entities involved, including transportation agencies, law enforcement, fire and EMS, and towing and recovery.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 10/31/2013 | Source Date:
The benefits of multidisciplinary TIM operations yielded an annual reduction in incident duration of 28.6 percent and in vehicle-hours of delay of approximately 30 million in Maryland.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
The benefits of multidisciplinary TIM operations yielded an annual reduction in average incident duration of 46 minutes and in secondary crashes of 69 percent in Atlanta Georgia.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
For the industry data sample provided in this analysis, RSC technology is more effective than ESC technology at preventing rollover, jackknife, and tow/stuck crashes, thus providing greater benefit to society and carriers with markedly lower installa
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
Speed photo-radar enforcement decreased average car speeds in work zones up to 7.9 mi/hr in median lanes and 7.7 mi/hr in shoulder lanes at highway work zones, being equally as effective as the presence of police patrols with emergency lights off.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/02/2013 | Source Date:
Consider New Approaches to Address Distracted Driving when Designing and Developing ITS Applications
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 09/30/2013 | Source Date:
Understand the Impacts on Public Sector Infrastructure due to Connected Vehicle Deployments
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 09/30/2013 | Source Date:
Commercial trucks without speed limiters had a significantly higher crash rate (approximately 200 percent) compared to trucks equipped with speed limiters.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/17/2013 | Source Date:
Consider implementing interim traffic management systems (ITMS) for long-term construction projects.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 08/22/2013 | Source Date:
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems can reduce the risk of fatal crashes by 33 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
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