Overview
The primary contributions of safety/service patrols are to reduce traffic congestion, improve travel time reliability, and improve safety on freeway and arterial systems. The intent of the guide is to reinforce procedures and provide reminders for various incident scenarios. The document provides additional guidance on topics that affect travel time reliability, such as: priorities at an accident, temporary traffic control at a traffic incident management areas, traffic crashes, and working with other responders.
Source Organization Location
Washington
DC
Operations Area of Practice
Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
Training and Profesional Development
Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Organizational Capability Element
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
Content Type
Informational Product
Role in Organization
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Technician
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Publishing Organization
FHWA
Maturity Level of Program
Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)
Objective
How-To