Florida Traffic Incident Management Performance Measures Paul Clark – Florida DOT Traffic Incident Management and Road Ranger Program Manager

Current Status of TIM - Local 15 Active TIM Teams involving 24 counties 8 Counties in the planning stages 35 Counties without plans

Current Status of TIM - Statewide In 2002 established a Statewide Open Roads Policy between FHP and FDOT –GOAL of 90 minutes for incidents to be cleared from the roadway –Defines FHP and FDOT responsibilities

Current Status of TIM - Statewide In 2004 established Guidelines of Accidental Discharge of Motor Vehicle Fluids (Non-Cargo) –Guidelines were developed to clarify what could and could not be done

What Are We Doing Make clearing the roadway a priority Coordinate with FDOT to set up traffic control, establish alternate routes and restore roadways Tow trucks will be requested ASAP iWitness provided to FHP statewide through the TIM

Florida’s Service Patrols “Road Rangers” 1980’s- Originally assisted disabled vehicles in construction zones th District established their own version of the service patrols along Alligator Alley and the reconstruction of I A task team was formed to develop the program and provide anticipated funding requirements a DOT contest for the name established the name “Road Rangers”.

What Do We Measure Report Identified –Performance Measures Short Term Long Term –Measures were uniformly defined –Will help evaluate and validate our program –Established an incident timeline - BC353-47

Identified Performance Measures Short Term –Clearance time –Response times of the various responders –Site clearance time –Incident duration Long Term –Recovery time –Incident influence time –Incident-related delay –Lane-miles of backup –Secondary crash rates

Identified National Performance Measures to Track Program-Level Performance Measure (Recommend) Collection/Evaluation Partners (and Roles) Related TIM Program Objective 2 – reduce roadway clearance time FHP-CAD information FDOT TMC-TMC data (Road Ranger, TMC data base, SunGuide) Statewide-incident time Open roads policy – 90 minute clearance time Incident response manual – clearly define agency roles and responsibilities 3 – reduce incident clearance time FHP-CAD information FDOT TMC-TMC data (Road Ranger, TMC data base, SunGuide) Statewide-incident time Tow operators, Road Rangers, and TIM Teams DOT taking responsibility to notify all involved agencies 7e – develop and ensure familiarity with regional TIM MOU All participating agencies – TIM teams All agencies working together with understood roles and responsibilities RTOC Collaboration between agencies (FHP, FDOT)

The Plan – Traffic Incident Timeline Performance Measures

How Do We Get There Consistently track data, statewide, from the TMCs Integration of Florida Highway Patrol CAD data with the TMCs Further deployment of ITS (sensors, cameras, etc…) Continued statewide and district TIM meetings

Questions or Comments Paul Clark Traffic Incident Management and Road Ranger Program Manager Office: (850) Cell: (850)