Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management

Overview

Traffic incident management (TIM) is a planned and coordinated program to detect and remove incidents and restore traffic capacity as safely and quickly as possible. This report describes task-specific and cross-cutting issues or challenges commonly encountered by TIM responders in the performance of their duties. It also describes novel and/or effective strategies for overcoming these issues and challenges (i.e., best practices).

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC
Content Type
Best Practice
Author
Jodi L. Carson
Issue Date
Tactical Element
Traveler Information
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
TOM Chapters
20.1
20.2
19.2
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Role in Organization
Senior Engineer
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Maintenance Staff
Technician
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Associate Engineer
Media / PIO
Publishing Organization
FHWA
Maturity Level of Program
Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)
Objective
Learning
How-To
Available Tools
Prime Contractor
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Publication Number
FHWA-HOP-10-050