Leveraging Your Existing Data Collection Equipment In Times Of Emergency

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Leveraging Your Existing Data Collection
Equipment In Times Of Emergency
Les Vickers Peek Traffic
December 7th , 2004
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Type Of Emergency Operations

• Organized
• Hurricanes
• Sporadic/Changing
• Wild Fires
• Panic
• Man Made

Decision Making Time Frames Compress By Type
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Transportation Issues In Emergencies

• Phases
• Pre Disaster
• During
• Post

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Transportation Issues In Emergencies

• Pre Disaster
• Administrative Actions
• Data Collection And Analysis
• Infrastructure Assessment
• Disaster Analysis And Modeling
• Emergency Actions Preparedness
• Mitigation Actions

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Transportation Issues In Emergencies

• During Disaster
• Disaster Assessment
• Data Collection And Analysis
• Traffic Network Assessment
• Emergency Response
• Evacuation Preparation And Deployment
• Immediate Recovery Actions

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Transportation Issues In Emergencies

• Post Disaster
• Post Disaster Traffic Management
• Data Collection And Analysis
• Short Term Recovery Operations
• Long Term Recovery Operations

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Traffic Management Problems

• Evacuation
• Massive Operation
• Takes Place Before (Or After) Disaster
• Determination Of Evacuation Time
• Understand Disaster Region And Demand
• Human Response To Evacuation Order
• Availability Of Information Critical

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Traffic Management Problems

• Emergency Operations
• Smaller In Scale
• High Priority On Search And Rescue
• Accessibility To The Disaster Area
• Congestion From Evacuation Negatively Impacts

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Traffic Management Problems

• Recovery Operations
• Mostly After Disaster
• May Be Needed During Disaster (Assist Evacuation
  And Emergency Operations)
• Includes Materials, Debris, Utilities
• Possible Conflict With Post Disaster Traffic
• Reserved Routes May Further Impact Traffic

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Traffic Management Problems

• Post Disaster Traffic
• May Start Right After The Disaster
• Gradually Increases In Volume
• Will Eventuall Reach Pre Disaster Volume
• Update Routes As Patterns Change

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Transportation Issues In Emergencies

• It Is Not Only Getting Evacuees Out
• It is Equally Important To Get Responders In

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Emergency Operations

• How
• Road Closure
• Redirect
• Feeder Roadways
• Counterflow

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Emergency Operations

• What
• Evacuation
• Emergency Operations
• Prioritization Of Recovery
• Operations
• Post Disaster Commuter
• Traffic Management

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Emergency Operations

• What Do We Need?

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Real Time Traffic Data

• Assist in Moving The Most Vehicles
• In The Shortest Time
• Safely
• In Times Of Emergency
• Maximum Use Of Roadway
• Capacity

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Real Time Traffic Data

• Real Time Data
• Average Speed
• Percent Occupancy
• Volume
• By Lane, Direction or Total
• Selectable Intervals
• 10 sec, To 60 min.

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Real Time Traffic Data
Communicated To Your TMC Set Alarms Project Road
Saturation Take Proactive Action Prioritize Avo
id Blockage Close Access Redirect Off
Roadway Monitor Feeder Routes Execute Counter
Flow
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Real Time Traffic Data

• Share Information

• E.O.C.
• F.H.P.
• E.M.S.
• State and Local
• Agencies

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ADR3000/StopWatch
Obtain Key Information To Assist In
Making Complex Decisions
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ADR / StopWatch
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ADR / StopWatch
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ADR / StopWatch
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Solution

• Video
• At Key Points
• ADR3000/StopWatch
• Interlaced Between Video

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Video Loop

• Investment
• Expensive
• Weather
• Fog, Rain, Glare
• Environmental
• Day Time/Night Time/Transition
• Congestion
• Counts/Classification/Speed
• Maintenance
• Camera Cleaning
• Communications
• Bandwidth
• Mounting
• Exposed To The Elements

• Sensors
• Wind, Rain, Debris Will Not Damage
• Cabinet
• NEMA 3R, Small Profile, Water Proof, Secure
  Mounting
• Equipment
• NEMA Specification, Surge Protection
• Power
• 100 Amp Hour Battery, Low Power Consumption, Will
  Run For 30 Days W/O Solar Panel
• Communications
• Phone, Direct Connect, Underground Fiber

Complimentary Technologies
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Result

• Complete Road Way Management

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End Of Presentation
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Planning

• Vehicle Population Mix
• Peak Minimum Occupancy
• Pavement Stress
• Speed
• Variable Rate Schedules

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Daily Operations

• Incident Detection
• Wrong Way Motorist
• Low Velocity Vehicle
• Targeted Speed Enforcement
• Tare Weight Enforcement
• VMS Trigger
• Congestion Rate Schedules
• Over Speed/Roll Over
• Ramp Metering

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Types of Data

• Planning Operations
• Volume
• Speed
• Classification
• Weight