Freeway incident management handbook
Title:
Freeway incident management handbook
Author:
Reiss, Robert A.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration ; [Springfield, Va. : Available through the National Technical Information Service], 1991.
Physical Description:
xiv, 128 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Series:
Report - Federal Highway Administration; FHWA-SA-91-056
General Note:
Cover title.
Authors' names from technical rept. documentation page.
"FHWA-SA-91-056."
"July 1991."
Contents:
Introduction -- The problem -- The solutions -- How to get started -- Detection/verification -- Response -- Removal -- Traffic management -- Information to motorists -- Financing -- Effectiveness of existing systems -- Evaluation -- Promotion -- Appendices.
Abstract:
This handbook was designed to assist responsible agencies in managing roadway incidents. It contains: 1) a general discussion of the roadway incident problem and solutions; 2) how to get an incident management program started; 3) details of incident management techniques; and, 4) administrative aspects including financing promotion, and evaluation.
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