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Traffic Incident
Management
in the DVRPC
Region
September 26, 2018
Paul Carafides
Senior Transportation PlannerOffice of Transportation Operations ManagementDelaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Association of Metropolitan Planning
Organizations Annual Conference
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• Federally-designated MPO for the
9-county Philadelphia region
• Created in 1965
• 352 Municipalities
• 5.7 Million People
• 3.0 Million Jobs
• Long-Range Plan, Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
• Transportation operations, safety, transit, bike/ped, freight, aviation,
travel/demographic forecasting, land use planning, smart growth
Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission
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• Federally-designated MPO for the
9-county Philadelphia region
• Created in 1965
• 352 Municipalities
• 5.7 Million People
• 3.0 Million Jobs
• Long-Range Plan, Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
• Transportation operations, safety, transit, bike/ped, freight, aviation,
travel/demographic forecasting, land use planning, smart growth
Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission
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DVRPC and Transportation
Operations Planning
• 110 Full Time DVRPC Staff
• Not an Operating Agency
• Act as Facilitators and Conveners
• Office of Transportation Operations
Management
– 3 Full Time Staff
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Incident Management Task
Force The Beginning
• In 1998, PennDOT asked DVRPC to
establish a Prototype Incident Management
Task Force
• Provide a venue away from the scene of an
incident for emergency responders to build
relationships and identify response needs
• Determine if it is transferrable to other
corridors
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DVRPC’s Incident
Management Program Goals
• Promote National Unified Goal (NUG)
• Integrate Incident Management into the
Metropolitan Planning Process
• Provide Cross-disciplinary Training
• Manage Incident Management Task Forces
• Serve as Liaison between Emergency
Responders and State/County Agencies
• Provide Software Applications to Emergency
Responders
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• Regional Clearinghouse for IM Activities
• IMTF Meeting Administration and Coordination
• Mapping
• Organize Training Courses
• FHWA TIM Self Assessment
• TRAA Vehicle ID Cards
DVRPC Support Services
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DVRPC’s Task Force Locations
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Typical Stakeholders
• County 911 Communications
• County Department of Public
Safety Offices
• County Coroner /
Medical Examiner’s Office
• Local State Legislators Offices
• Federal Highway Administration
• County Planning Departments
• Transportation Management
Agencies
• Public Works Departments
• MPO
• Local Police Departments
• Local Fire, Ambulance & EMS
• State Police
• DOT Traffic Operations
• DOT Maintenance Divisions
• Turnpike Authorities
• Bridge Authorities
• HAZMAT Agencies
• Dept. of Environmental Protection
• Towing Agencies
• State Towing Associations
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Typical Activities
• Quarterly Meetings
– Elected Chairperson(s)
– Rotating Venues
• Incident De-briefings
– RIMIS Incident Data
• Special Topic Presentations
• Construction Updates
• TIM Guidelines
• FHWA SHRP2 Training
• Cross Training – Towers, Crime Scene, Fatal Accident
• Maintain Contact Lists
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Overall Regional Successes
• Building Relationship
• Conduct Post Incident Reviews
• Facilitate Training
– Quarterly meetings
– Regional TIM conferences
– Promote SHRP2 TIM Training
• Special Projects
– Ramp Designation Signing
– 1/10th mile marker signs
– Center median guide rails along NJ 42
– I-76 ICM
• Special Event Planning
– Papal Visit
• Support Statewide TIM Training Efforts
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Regional Success:
Building Relationships
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Provide forum to discuss issues
• Enhance communications
• Share resources
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Regional Success:
TIM Guidelines
Traffic Incident Operating Guidelines (PA)
Highway Incident Traffic Safety Guidelines for Emergency Responders (NJ)
• Provide responders uniform operational guidelines for safe operations at the scene of an incident
• Document serve as a guideline for decision-making and can be modified by the incident responders as necessary to address existing conditions
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• Collaborated with NJ State Police & local fire and EMS
chiefs to develop response plans based on highway
access, equipment and staffing
• Resources dispatched in both directions to compensate
for incorrect locations, traffic congestion
Regional Success:
NJ Response Boxes
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• To identify deficiencies, lesson learned, and areas for improvement to apply to future incidents
• Helps to maintain and strengthen the lines of communications between incident responders
• Multi-agency debriefing
• Formal or informal
• Meeting agenda item
Regional Success:
Post Incident Reviews
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• Final Rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility
– Applies to all Federal-aid highway projects
– Requires development of TMP’s with IMP’s
– Need for coordination with local emergency responders
• Weave construction items into main agendas
• IMTF meeting dates need to be flexiblewith regard to activation or scheduling of construction stages
Regional Success:
Construction Coordination
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Regional Success:
Special Projects
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2000 2004 2007
Ramp Designation Signs
I-476 / I-76 Interchange
• 60 locations (120 signs)
• Signs mounted Back-to-Back
on a single post
• Distance approximately
320’ apart
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Regional TIM Conferences
2011, 2015, 2018
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Freight/TIM Coordination
• Presentations at IMTF Meetings
• Training – Truck Security
• Awareness of Procedures
• Lessening Impacts of Larger Scale
Incidents
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DVRPC’s Papal Visit Involvement
• Papal Visit Interagency Committee Meetings
• Detour Route Mapping Assistance
• Situational Awareness Mapping Assistance (Infrastructure Risks)
• Traffic Camera Access
• Traffic Incident Management Task Force Outreach
• Traffic Impact Modeling
• Congestion Analysis
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I-76 Corridor Comprehensive
Transportation Management Plan
• Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)
• Active Traffic Management
– Part Time Shoulder Use Lanes
– Variable Speed Limits / Queue Detection
– Dynamic Lanes/Junctions
• Facilitating Emergency Responder
Coordination
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I-295 Redesignation Project
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NJTIM.org
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PennTIME
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RIMIS: Regional Integrated
Multimodal Information Sharing
Customized Video Walls
& Situational Map
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Responders Using RIMIS
• Web-based program to provide situational
awareness to operators and first
responders
• RIMIS Users
– DOT’s, County, State and Local Fire,
Police, EMS Departments, Towers, others
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Interactive Detour Route Mapping
Multi-page Map &
DirectionsSingle Page PDF
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Looking Forward
• Manage Incident Management Task Forces
– Regional clearinghouse for TIM activities
– Serve as Liaison between Emergency Responders and
State/County/Regional Agencies
• Integrate TIM into the Metropolitan Planning Process
• Provide Software Applications to All Emergency Responders
– Real Time Video Feeds & Detour Routes
• Expanding Partnerships - Freight, Maritime and Port Agencies
• Continue Training & Construction Coordination
• Continue to support Statewide TIM Programs
• Continue to support National TIM Initiatives
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Paul Carafides
Senior Transportation Planner
215.238.2896 • pcarafides@dvrpc.org
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