This market package manages both unexpected incidents and planned events so that the impact to the transportation network and traveler safety is minimized. The market package includes incident detection capabilities through roadside surveillance devices (e.g. CCTV) and through regional coordination with other traffic management, maintenance and construction management and emergency management centers as well as rail operations and event promoters. Information from these diverse sources is collected and correlated by this market package to detect and verify incidents and implement an appropriate response. This market package supports traffic operations personnel in developing an appropriate response in coordination with emergency management, maintenance and construction management, and other incident response personnel to confirmed incidents. The response may include traffic control strategy modifications or resource coordination between center subsystems. Incident response also includes presentation of information to affected travelers using the Traffic Information Dissemination market package and dissemination of incident information to travelers through the Broadcast Traveler Information or Interactive Traveler Information market packages. The roadside equipment used to detect and verify incidents also allows the operator to monitor incident status as the response unfolds. The coordination with emergency management might be through a CAD system or through other communication with emergency field personnel. The coordination can also extend to tow trucks and other allied response agencies and field service personnel.
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Early Deployment
This market package has been identified as an early deployment due to a promising combination
of low risk implementation characteristics, developing public or private markets for the package,
and tangible system or user benefits.
Since incidents account for a significant percentage of congestion, this Market Package is a key early deployment which is actively being deployed in larger metropolitan areas. Preliminary implementations that achieve significant benefit are possible without new standards activity. Interjurisdictional issue resolution which is inherent in this Market Package has already successfully occurred in many areas.
ITS Goals Supported
ITS Goal
Satisfaction Level
Increase Transportation System Efficiency and Capacity
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Enhance Mobility
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Improve Safety
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Reduce Energy Consumption and Environmental Costs
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Create an Environment for an ITS Market
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Features that marginally satisfy the goals
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Features that almost satisfy every aspect of the goals
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Features completely satisfy every aspect of the goals
Hypertext Architecture Version 6.1 generated on 1/7/2009 from the following databases
Physical Architecture dated 12/15/2008,
Logical Architecture dated 12/2/2008,
Market Packages dated 12/14/2008,
Security dated 11/13/2008,
User Services dated 4/9/2007,
Theory of Operations dated 12/14/2008,
AppMap dated 12/19/2008 and the
SDOMAP dated 12/12/2008