Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative ITS JPO Lead: Linda Dodge Technical 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 Goals Reduce the number of evacuations and the size of those that have to take place. Make evacuations faster, safer, and more efficient. Have working standards available that support integrated incident management information on all forms of incidents, and to demonstrate the value of their use

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 Roadmap

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