Roles of Transportation Management Centers in Incident Management on Managed Lanes

Overview

This guidebook examines traffic incident management practices that are implemented by transportation management centers on managed lanes. The document examines the unique operating environment of managed lanes from an incident management perspective. The roles of the transportation management center in the managed lane environment are discussed in terms of incident preparedness and real-time incident management activities and support. A comparison of best practices for eight case studies is presented, and an in-depth analysis of the role of the transportation management center in incident management is presented for three of the managed lane facilities examined in the case studies.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC
Issue Date
Tactical Element
Transportation Management Centers
Traffic Incident Management
Traffic Incident Management
Active Management and TSMO
TOM Chapters
20.1
19.3
24.1
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Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Public
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Maintenance Staff
Technician
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer
Media / PIO
Publishing Organization
FHWA
Objective
Learning
Publication Number
Publication #: FHWA-HOP-14-022
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