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Florida's Rapid Incident Clearance Program Featuring Connected Vehicles Yielded $5.78 in Secondary Crash Savings and $1.20 in Traffic Delay Savings for Every Dollar Spent.

METHODOLOGY Both investment costs and benefits were converted to monetary values to conduct the B/C analysis. To estimate the savings in secondary crashes and incident-related delays that would…

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Benefit

Date Posted

08/30/2023

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02)

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Florida, United States

Utah's Incident Management Team Program Improved the Incident Response Rate within 15 Minutes of a Crash Occurring by 12.1 Percent After a Program Extension that Enabled the Use of Both Incident-related Data and Computer-Aided Dispatch Logs.

METHODOLOGY Performance measures studied included Roadway Clearance Time (RCT) and Incident Clearance Time (ICT), as well as Response Time (RT). These performance measures were calculated for IMT…

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Benefit

Date Posted

06/30/2022

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch (PS01), Emergency Response (PS02), Traffic Incident Management System (TM08)

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Utah, United States

Artificial Intelligence based Roadway Safety and Work Zone Detection Technology in Nevada Uncovered 20 Percent More Crashes Than Previously Reported and Reduced Crash Response Times by Nine to Ten Minutes on Average.

METHODOLOGY The AI platform was used to analyze real-time data collected from a variety of sources including in-vehicle navigation devices, road-side traffic detectors, a smartphone navigation app…

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Benefit

Date Posted

04/21/2022

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Work Zone Management (MC06), Work Zone Safety Monitoring (MC07), Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch (PS01), Emergency Response (PS02), Speed Warning and Enforcement (TM17)

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Nevada, United States

Automated sharing of real-time traffic incident information between agencies was estimated to reduce incident clearance time by 34 percent across 67 miles of I-95 in Virginia.

FINDINGS Immediate value to VDOT Up to 88 percent of accident discovery was by Virginia Safety Patrol (VSP) CAD. Thirty-four (34) percent reduction in clearance time across 67 miles of I-95.…

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Benefit

Date Posted

03/25/2020

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Regional Traffic Management (TM07)

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Virginia, United States

Deployment of automatic vehicle location system on 230 emergency vehicles in Clayton County, Georgia cost $570,337.

Public safety agencies in Clayton County, Georgia are moving forward with plans to equip 230 vehicles with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) devices for an anticipated cost of $570,337. Project…

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System Cost

Made Public Date

07/24/2017

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06)

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Jonesboro, Georgia, United States

The annual operating cost to coordinate real-time incident and mobility information among regional transportation agencies was estimated at $1.2 million.

Implemented in 2009, the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) program worked with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the Maryland Department of…

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System Cost

Made Public Date

12/17/2015

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) ITS Data Warehouse (DM01), Data Distribution (SU03), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Emergency Response (PS02), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06)

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United States

A program designed to coordinate real-time incident and mobility information among regional transportation agencies has a benefit-to-cost ratio of 10:1.

METHODOLOGYTraffic models were developed and calibrated based on historical field data recorded during three regionally significant traffic incidents categorized as high severity, medium severity,…

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Benefit

Date Posted

12/08/2015

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Traffic Information Dissemination (TM06), Emergency Response (PS02), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06)

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United States

The capital cost to integrate voice and data networks for regional traffic incident management was estimated at $10 million.

In the Portland metro area, regional partners created a vision for Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO). Key stakeholders from across the region including public agency staff,…

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System Cost

Made Public Date

01/23/2015

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (PS06), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08)

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Portland, Oregon, United States

30 to 120 second decrease in time for incident data to be entered with CAD-TMC integration.

FINDINGSIn interviews with UDOT operators, estimates of up to 1 or 2 minutes in time saved to get the incident entered and located were reported. This improvement was recognized as a two-fold time…

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Benefit

Date Posted

04/29/2014

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination (MC08), Regional Traffic Management (TM07), Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09), Management of Electronic Traffic Regulations (METR) (VS17), Weather Information Processing and Distribution (WX02)

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Utah, United States

Deploy ITS technologies including Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for dispatchers and responders in traffic incident management.

Traffic incident management serves an essential function in managing the safety and efficiency of roadways. Incidents not only incur harm to those directly involved, they also lead to secondary…

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Lesson

Date Posted

03/31/2011

Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Emergency Response (PS02), Roadway Service Patrols (PS08), Traffic Incident Management System (TM08)

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Florida, United States

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Florida's Rapid Incident Clearance Program Featuring Connected Vehicles Yielded $5.78 in Secondary Crash Savings and $1.20 in Traffic Delay Savings for Every Dollar Spent.

Utah's Incident Management Team Program Improved the Incident Response Rate within 15 Minutes of a Crash Occurring by 12.1 Percent After a Program Extension that Enabled the Use of Both Incident-related Data and Computer-Aided Dispatch Logs.

Artificial Intelligence based Roadway Safety and Work Zone Detection Technology in Nevada Uncovered 20 Percent More Crashes Than Previously Reported and Reduced Crash Response Times by Nine to Ten Minutes on Average.

Automated sharing of real-time traffic incident information between agencies was estimated to reduce incident clearance time by 34 percent across 67 miles of I-95 in Virginia.

Deployment of automatic vehicle location system on 230 emergency vehicles in Clayton County, Georgia cost $570,337.

The annual operating cost to coordinate real-time incident and mobility information among regional transportation agencies was estimated at $1.2 million.

A program designed to coordinate real-time incident and mobility information among regional transportation agencies has a benefit-to-cost ratio of 10:1.

The capital cost to integrate voice and data networks for regional traffic incident management was estimated at $10 million.

30 to 120 second decrease in time for incident data to be entered with CAD-TMC integration.

Deploy ITS technologies including Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for dispatchers and responders in traffic incident management.

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