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Federal Highway Administration Focus States Initiative: Traffic Incident Management Performance Measures Final ReportIntroductionThis report presents the results of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Operations-sponsored Focus States Initiative (FSI) designed to advance the state-of-the-practice for traffic incident management (TIM) performance measurement. Through this effort, 11 Focus States1 identified several national-level TIM program objectives and related performance measures. During the process, the States successfully overcame institutional, operational, and technical barriers and defined three multi-agency, measurable TIM objectives and methods of measuring performance toward those objectives. All 11 Focus States committed to build on the momentum generated by the TIM FSI and to continue to work together to advance program-level performance measurement in their States as well as nationwide. Table 1 summarizes the three national-level TIM program objectives and their supporting performance measures agreed to by the participating States. The results of the Initiative clearly demonstrate that:
During the course of the Initiative, the 11 States worked with representatives from State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), law enforcement agencies and the FHWA. Collectively, they achieved the following:
Secondary Incidents are unplanned incidents (starting at the time of detection) for which a response or intervention is taken, where a collision occurs either a) within the incident scene or b) within the queue (which could include the opposite direction) resulting from the original incident. Through this initiative, the 11 Focus States overcame common institutional, operational, and technical barriers that define multi-agency, measurable TIM objectives and measured performance toward those objectives, as shown in Table 24. Examples of TIM performance data collected by States are included in the PowerPoint presentation described in appendix A to this Final Report, which is provided under a separate cover. During the process, other States expressed interest in the outcomes of this initiative. One State (Missouri) participated as an observer in the TIM Focus State Initiative final conference held in Milwaukee in October 2007 to learn more. All 11 Focus States concluded the process by expressing their desire to build on the TIM FSI momentum and to continue the work together to advance program-level performance measurement in their States, as well as nationwide. Footnotes1 The 11 States that participated in the FSI include: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. As the FSI effort proceeded, other States expressed interest in the outcomes of this initiative, with one State asking to observe the TIM FSI's final conference held in Milwaukee in October 2007. 2 Note: "CAD TMC" in the third column refers to Computer-Aided Dispatch Traffic Management Center. 3 At the time of the final workshop, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in October 2007, this third performance measure had not been tested through the FSI. 4 The FSI implementation summary was developed during the final project workshop. |
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