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During the first year of operations at the "Big I" work zone in Albuquerque, temporary traffic management and motorist assistance patrols reduced the average incident response time to less than eight minutes, and no fatalities were reported.

4-7 June 2001
Albuquerque,New Mexico,United States

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Summary Information

This project evaluated work zone incident management systems designed to improve safety and incident response times during reconstruction at the "Big I" interchange in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A construction traffic management center (CTMC) was developed to monitor work zone traffic conditions, assess incidents, and dispatch police, wreckers, and on-site courtesy patrols.

Work zone surveillance was achieved through closed circuit television cameras (CCTV), broadband wireless communications, and directional antennas. Motorists approaching the interchange of I-25 and I-40 were made aware of traffic conditions (lanes affected) via information displayed on dynamic message signs (DMS), and through strategic deployment of portable changeable message signs (CMS). In addition, pre-trip traffic information was updated every three minutes on the "BIG I" Internet web-site.

FINDINGS

After approximately one year of operations, the average incident response time was under eight minutes and no fatalities were reported.

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Source

Intelligent Transportation Systems in Work Zones: Leveraging the Internet and Wireless Communications

Author: Dumke, Lisa R. and Terrence E. Doyle

Published By: Paper presented at the 11th Annual ITS America Meeting. Miami, Florida

Source Date: 4-7 June 2001


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Application Areas

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Roadway Operations & Maintenance > Information Dissemination > Internet/Wireless/Phone

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Roadway Operations & Maintenance > Information Dissemination > Dynamic Message Signs

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Roadway Operations & Maintenance > Work Zone Management > Temporary Incident Management

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Roadway Operations & Maintenance > Work Zone Management > Lane Control

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Mobilization & Response > Service Patrols

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Surveillance & Detection > Imaging/Video

Goal Areas

Safety

Typical Deployment Locations

Metropolitan Areas

Keywords

Dynamic Message Signs, CMS, VMS, Changeable Message Signs, Variable Message Signs, construction warning signs, Portable Dynamic Message Signs, portable CMS, portable VMS, portable Changeable Message Signs, portable Variable Message Signs, Temporary Dynamic Message Signs, Temporary CMS, Temporary VMS, Temporary Changeable Message Signs, Temporary Variable Message Signs, smart work zone systems, smart work zone, smart work zones, Smart work zones, workzone, WZ, freeway service patrol, courtesy patrols, highway helpers, freeway service patrols, CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, road monitoring, camera imaging, Smart Zone

Benefit ID: 2007-00495