Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

ITS JPO Lead: Linda DodgeTechnical Lead: Vince Pearce, Office of Transportation Operations

Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

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

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

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

RoadmapQ4 (7-9)

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Application of ITS to Enhance Emergency Transportation Operations11/29/04

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safe and rapid progress of an

evacuation.

Have working standards available

that support integrated

management of all forms of incidents,

and demonstrate the value of their use.

Significantly improve the speed and

effectiveness of response by towing/

recovery and hazmat

responders.

ITS Supporting HAZMAT and Towing($1030K)

Transportation Operations and Technology in Biohazard

($450K)

Traffic Management Tech to Enhance Emergency Response

($450K)

Low-cost Surv of Evac Routes($300K)

ATIS During Disasters($450K)

Justice Standards($2325K)

C-2-C Standards($6510K)

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FY 07

ETO in Rural Areas($400K)

Design and Rapid Restoration of ITS in Disasters

($600K)

Real-Time Replanning and Management Tool($1500K)

Procurement

No-notice Evacuation State of Practice/Art($450K)

VII Monitoring Evacuation Routes($5525K)

Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative

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

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

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

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

Summary Major incident focus Technologies

Photo phone Mini cams Probe data Evacuation management software

Improved methods Ready to go when Initiative ends Broad benefits