FHWA Update: Traffic Incident Management Program Moving TIM from Good to Great? Iowa Traffic Safety Forum November 19, 2014 Mr. Jeff King (Retired Capt. AzDPS) Traffic Incident Management Public Safety Liaison Office of Transportation Operations 1
Why make TIM a Priority? 2
Three Years of Data Collection 3
Property Damage Only 4
Responder Fatality 5
Why make TIM a Priority? Improved Safety and Mobility through reduced congestion 6
Additional Reasons for Prioritizing TIM Program: Realization that most TIM strategies did not require additional manpower and would ultimately result in additional non-obligated time through reduced crashes. Decreased congestion, Increased transportation system mobility Improved collaboration with other disciplines This collaboration would also serve to better prepare the agency and region for planned events as well as any natural or man-made disasters. All of which result in a savings or loss of life, limb, property, money, time, pollution, angry drivers, etc. 7
Who Makes Traffic Incident Management a Priority? What happens when they leave? Have you planned for the future of your Traffic Incident Management Program? 8
TIM Performance Measurement Roadway Clearance Time The time between first recordable awareness of an incident (detection/ notification/verification) by a responsible agency and first confirmation that all lanes are available for traffic flow. Incident Clearance Time The time between the first recordable awareness and the time at which the last responder has left the scene. Secondary Crashes The number of secondary crashes beginning with the time of detection of the primary incident where a collision occurs either a) within the incident scene or b) within the queue, including the opposite direction, resulting from the original incident.* * As an alternative replace primary incident with primary crash. What gets measured gets done
Initial Impact of the Rollout Oct - Dec 2010: 4,793 Non-Injury Roadway Clearance: 45 min Incident Clearance: 84 min Injury Roadway Clearance: 54 min Incident Clearance: 94 min Fatal Roadway Clearance: 212 min Incident Clearance: 214 min April - June 2011: 4,366 Non-Injury Roadway Clearance: 32 min (-28%) Incident Clearance: 40 min (-51%) Injury Roadway Clearance: 46 min (-14%) Incident Clearance: 58min (-37%) Fatal Roadway Clearance: 198 min (-6.78%) Incident Clearance: 211 min (-1.68%) PMs, Roll Call Training & New Policy 10
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The overall AzDPS secondary crash rate was approx. 6-7%. Approximately 1600 per year These are secondary crashes involving civilians only. National Average Rate is 20% 12
January 2011 policy roll call training March 2011 1 hour TIM training November 2012 4 hour TIM training What did the 1st responders have? 13
Collecting the PM Data Prior to 2008 would have been by hand and reentered or keyed into a Database for analysis. In 2008, DPS adopted the TraCS software as its mobile reporting platform, no cost to agency. Additions and changes to fields on their forms and databases are done at the agency level with no fees. Updates and new versions included. Nominal statewide licensing/user fees Go IOWA TraCS and MACH! 14
National TIM Responder Training Program Implementation Progress - As of November 3, 2014 AK 2 WA OR NV CA ID AZ UT MT WY CO NM ND SD NE KS 2 OK MN WI 2 IA MO AR 2 IL 2 MS 2 IN 3 MI KY TN AL OH 3 VT NH NY PA 2 2 WV VA NC SC GA 2 DE ME NJ MD DC RI CT MA HI TX LA 3 49 States Actively Training 127 Total Number of TtT Sessions Conducted 68,828 Total Number Trained 68.8% 2014 National Goal 100,000 Trained FL PR Conducted TtT and/or TIM Training in Progress TtT Session Planned No TtT Scheduled To Date
42 407 1,064 773 4,499 National TIM Responder Training Program Implementation Progress - As of November 3, 2014 44 37 3,073 1,730 262 Mexico: 301 921 109 1,301 1,515 951 1,923 1,394 263 53 928 2,133 611 35 217 596 566 10,370 1,396 2,074 1,467 147 6,389 515 1,637 2,128 986 177 2,720 60 1,184 114 12 1,701 1,486 108 63,732 Number of Responders Trained (Not Including TtT Session Participants) Conducted TtT and/or TIM Training in Progress TtT Session Planned No TtT Scheduled To Date
DOT/Transportation 15% EMS 4% Towing and Recovery 6% National TIM Responder Training Program Implementation Progress - Total Trained By Discipline Other Disciplines 5% Law Enforcement 37% Fire/Rescue 33%
For additional information Jeffrey A. King (Retired Capt. AzDPS) Traffic Incident Management Public Safety Liaison Office of Transportation Operations 202-366-5280 or jeffrey.king@dot.gov