1. University Transportation Center
Incident Management Project Team: Pushkin Kachroo, Neveen Shlayan, Vinod Vasudevan, Rohit Saddi, and Rita Brohman Sponsor Team: Adrian Gibby, Brian Hoeft, Fred Ohene, and Shital Patel
Objective
Incident Management intends to improve
the Incident Management Process
first responders coordination
Secondary Congestions project intends to
well define secondary incidents spatially and temporally
investigate the full impact of freeway incidents
Bayesian Traffic Safety Analyzer development
estimates risks of various locations
traffic flow and Incident prediction
Methodology
Incident Management
Discrete modeling
Hybrid modeling
Systems properties, safety and liveness, validation
Secondary Congestions
Case studies
Data analysis
Redefining the progression curve for queues due to accidents
Bayesian Traffic Safety Analyzer
Crash data analysis
System modeling
System implementation
Anticipated Benefits
Reduce incidents clearance times
Efficiently maximize the use of resources
Better understand nature of incidents and its implications on traffic flow
Development of general models and methodologies that can be used in transportation
Development software tools and applications
Preliminary Results
Incident Management Labeled Transition Diagrams Spatial and Temporal Progression Curve for Secondary Congestion
Travel Time Reliability Analysis for the I-15 Corridor in Las Vegas
Contact Information
Pushkin Kachroo Neveen Shlayan Vinod Vasudevan