During the joint AASHTO STSMO and TRB RTSMO committee meeting this week in Denver, I was fortunate to participate in numerous discussions taking place on the future direction of Traffic Incident Management (TIM) and Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CV/AV) for state transportation agencies. One element that was touched on far less frequently, however, was the opportunity that exists to utilize CV/AVs for TIM applications (or, for that matter, how TIM needs could accelerate the development and deployment of CV/AVs). Such considerations will only grow in importance in the coming months and years – not only for the sake of streamlining standards and technology development, but also for the increasing recognition that conversations around TSMO and TIM need to involve multiple players from the engineering, law enforcement, and emergency response communities.

Luckily, action is being taken within several circles to support this notion of CV/AV development for TIM, and there’s an exciting event coming up with several NOCoE partners. On Tuesday, August 30^th, MASITE and ITSPA will be co-hosting a live demonstration of several different TIM scenarios, using CV/AV technology. NOCoE is excited to co-sponsor this demo, and will be have a video recording of the event archived in our Knowledge Center following the event.

The demo event is free for all emergency responders, and registration can be done at the ITS Pennsylvania website. The flyer embedded with this article provides more details about the time and location; for additional questions, please contact the event organizer, Adam Hopps, at adam.hopps@toxcel.com.