Traffic incident management (TIM) is the process of coordinating the resources of various partner agencies and private sector companies to detect, respond to, and clear traffic incidents as quickly as possible to reduce the impacts of incidents on safety and congestion while protecting the safety of on-scene responders and the traveling public. This project is looking at how TIM in the Puget Sound region can be improved. Researchers at the UW Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Regional Resilience (CoSSaR) are investigating and modeling the current regional TIM process. They will then then use that model to identify impedances to current emergency response and other threats to the security and safety of first responders and the public. CoSSaR will then employ an iterative process involving stakeholder input to design interventions. This project will promote public safety and save time and resources by collaboratively developing enhancements to our regional TIM system, assuring that those enhancements are desired, cost-effective, and sustainable. The enhancements will also promote the safety of first responders and will improve the efficacy and coordinated efforts of multiple agencies engaged in incident response and related services.
Principal Investigators:
Mark P. Haselkorn, Human Centered Design and Engineering, UW
Sarah C. Yancey, Human Centered Design and Engineering, UW
Sponsor: WSDOT
WSDOT Technical Monitor: Ron Vessey
WSDOT Project Manager: Doug Brodin
Scheduled completion: June 2017