Overview
Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs address congestion and travel delay, public health and safety, energy savings, public safety resources, responder safety, and more. This report is a review of the benefits of TIM programs. TIM is very broad, and includes elements such as development of unified policies, procedures, operations and / or communication systems among TIM responders; the application of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies to traffic incidents; motorist assistance patrols; interdisciplinary training in traffic control, unified command and the National Incident Management System (NIMS); improved towing industry procedures and practices; and traveler information.
Operations Area of Practice
Integrated ITS Deployment
Communications
Systems engineering
Employee Health and Safety
Performance Management
Risk Management
Standards and Specifications
Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
Organizational Models
Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
Work Zone Management
Hazard Identification
Road Weather Management
Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Organizational Capability Element
Standards and Interoperability
Project Systems Engineering
Traveler Information
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Road Weather Management
Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
Public safety agency collaboration
Content Type
FAQs / Benefits Brochure
Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Engineer
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Publishing Organization
Other Research Organizations