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Updated 8:00 AM EST, April 15, 2008
Deployment Statistics

Birmingham

Alabama Department of Transportation - 2004 Survey

FREEWAY SURVEILLANCE

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
1a. Total number of freeway centerline miles with real-time traffic data collection technologies (does not include CCTV):	0	72	0	72

Traffic data collection technologies deployed: Miles Covered

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
Loop detectors	0	0	8	8
Video imaging detectors	0	10	0	0
Probe readers using ETC tags	0	0	0	0
Probe readers using other technology	0	0	0	0
Probe readers for transit vehicles	0	0	0	0
Acoustic detectors	0	0	0	0
Microwave radar	0	72	0	10
Other (please specify):

1b. Please describe the spacing of your detectors
No response

1c. Please describe the average percent of detectors in service
No response

RAMP CONTROL

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
2a. Total number of ramp meters	0	0	0	0
��Number of isolated (or stand-alone) ramp meters	0	0	0	0
��Number of centrally controlled ramp meters	0	0	0	0
��Number of pretimed ramp meters	0	0	0	0
Number of traffic responsive ramp meters	0	0	0	0
��Number of HOV bypass lanes at ramp meters	0	0	0	0
��Number of ramp meters that provide preemption for emergency vehicles	0	0	0	0
��Number of ramp meters that provide priority for transit vehicles	0	0	0	0
��Number of freeway to freeway ramp meters	0	0	0	0

2b. Under what circumstances do you meter traffic or close ramps as a traffic management strategy? (Check all that apply):

	Ramp Metering	Ramp Closure
Time of day (recurrent congestion)
Traffic incidents
Planned special events
Other (please specify) Hurricane Evacuation Route

3. If your agency has not deployed ramp metering and has no plans to do so by 2008, has a feasibility study been conducted on the use of ramp metering?

Yes

Please indicate the reason(s) for not deploying ramp metering.

	Not feasible
	Lack of perceived need
	Lack of institutional support
	Lack of funding
	Other (please specify)

If a study is planned, when will it be conducted? No response

LANE MANAGEMENT

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
4. Total number of freeway centerline miles under lane control	0	NR

5. Please provide the number of centerline miles and the time(s) of operation for the following types of lane control:

	Freeway Centerline Miles	Time(s) of Operation (e.g., peak periods, 24 hours, other)
Occupancy control (HOV)
Express lanes (reversible flow)
Lane open/closed (traffic incidents, roadway maintenance, etc.)
Truck only
Variable speeds
Pricing or tolls
Other (please specify)

6. Do you have any variable speed limit signs?

	Yes
	How many? No response
	No

ROADSIDE TECHNOLOGIES USED TO DISTRIBUTE EN-ROUTE TRAVELER INFORMATION

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

	Total Miles in 2002	2002 Estimated Total Miles by 2005	Total Miles in 2004	2004 Estimated Total Miles by 2005
7. Number of miles covered by Highway Advisory Radio (HAR)	NR	NR	0	0
8. Number of miles covered by other roadside technologies (please specify)			0	0

Dynamic Message Signs (DMS):

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
9. Total number of Permanent DMS deployed on freeways	14	NR	14	14
10. Total number of Portable DMS deployed on freeways	9	9	9	9

11a. Do you have established formal policies or procedures that govern the operation of the DMS?

	Yes
	No

11b. Do you have established formal policies or procedures that govern the display of messages on the CMS?

	Yes
	No

11c. Do you have established formal policies or procedures that govern how messages are developed prior to being displayed on the CMS?

	Yes
	No

12. Approximately, how many hours a day is a message display on the DMS? Messages are only displayed during incidents

13. What type of information is displayed? (Check all that apply)

	Congestion
	Diversion
	Accident sites
	Transit operations
	Maintenance and construction work site information
	Roadway status
	Special events
	Parking availability
	Speed warnings
	Weather alerts
	Other (please specify):

DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.
14a. Please check all the methods that your agency uses, or will use, to distribute information to the public.

	2002 Response	2002 Response by 2005	2004 Response	2004 Response by 2005
Dedicated cable TV
Automated telephone system
Internet Web sites
Pagers or personal data assistants
Interactive TV
Kiosks
E-mail or other direct PC communication
In-vehicle navigation systems
Cell phone/automated voice
Facsimile
Video feed to the media
Do not distribute information
Other (please specify)

14b. Please check all the types of information your agency distributes, or will distribute, to the PUBLIC and/or MEDIA.

	to the PUBLIC		to the MEDIA
	In 2004	By 2005	In 2004	By 2005
Freeway travel times
Freeway travel speeds
Incident information
Special events
Work zones/Construction events
Parking
Weather
Road surface conditions
Road closures
Detours
Alternate routes
Road restrictions
Congestion
CCTV images
Travel and Tourist information
Real-time construction information
Other (please specify)

15. Does your agency have or plan to have an operational 511 system?

No, there are no plans to implement 511 at this time

Yes

Status:

	Operational
	Planned
	Deployment date: 2006

Content:

Basic service provided free of charge

	Traveler and tourist information
	Roadway information
	Public transportation

Operational content (premium service) for specific users provided for a fee

Describe optional content:
No response

Does the system incorporate a Voice Recognition Service?

	Yes
	No

Is the system multilingual?

	Yes
	No

Operating hours:

	24 Hours
	Other (please specify):
	No response

What are the sources of data for your 511 system?

Public safety

	State police
	Local agencies

Traffic management

Operations and maintenance

	Construction contractors
	DOT Project Managers

Incident management service patrols

Private traveler information

Cellular phone calls

Information service providers

Please name: No response

News media

National weather service

Weather sensor data

Road surface condition detectors

Public transportation

Inductive loop detectors

CCTV

Microwave radar detectors

Maintenance road patrols

Snow and ice removal services

Work zone areas

Private meteorological services

Other (please specify):

REAL-TIME INFORMATION TRANSFER AND RECEIPT

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.
16. Does your agency receive, in real-time, freeway travel times derived from vehicle probes from any toll collection agency?
Your 2004 response was: No toll collection

	Yes
	No
	No toll collection

17. Does your agency receive, in real-time, incident information (e.g., clearance activities, type, severity, etc.) from any Public Safety agency?

	2002 Response	2004 Response
Incident clearance	Yes	Yes
Incident severity and type	Yes	Yes

18. Does your agency provide, in real-time, incident information (e.g., type, severity, etc.) and/or freeway information (e.g., travel times, speed, and conditions) to the following types of agencies?

	Incident Information 2002 Response	Freeway Information 2002 Response	Incident Information 2004 Response	Freeway Information 2004 Response
Freeway Management Agencies	No	No	No	No
Arterial Management Agencies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Public Transit Agencies	No	No	No	No
Public Safety Agencies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Emergency Management Agencies			Yes	Yes

SERVICE PATROLS

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

	Total in 2002	2002 Estimated Total by 2005	Total in 2004	2004 Estimated Total by 2005
19. Total number of freeway miles patrolled by service patrols	112	112	150	150
20. Number of vehicles	9	10	15	15

21. Service Hours

	Peak hours only
	24/7
	Other
	Please specify: No response

INCIDENT DETECTION AND VERIFICATION METHODS

Please enter the current information for 2004 and the current estimate for 2005 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.
Please provide the miles covered by the following incident detection/verification methods:

	Total miles in 2002	2002 Estimated Total Miles in 2005	Total miles in 2004	2004 Estimated Total Miles by 2004
22. Free cellular phone call to a dedicated phone number other than 911	0	0	0	0
23. Computer algorithms	0	40	0	0
24. CCTV	23	75	23	23
25. Call boxes	0	0	0	0

26. Are the images from your CCTV cameras available to the public?

	Yes
	No
	No CCTV

DATA COLLECTION AND ARCHIVING

27. Does your agency have an archived data management system?

	Yes
	How long have you been archiving? No response
	No, but we plan to begin archiving data in the next year
	No, but we plan to begin archiving data within the next two year
	No, but we plan to begin archiving data in the future (five to ten years)
	No, we do not plan to begin archiving data

28. How are data archived? (Check all that apply)

	Computer database - Store raw data (e.g., sensor feed)
	Computer database - Store processed data (e.g., traffic conditions)
	What is the size of the database? No response
	Other (please specify):

29. Are you aware of the Standard Guide for Archiving and Retreiving Intelligent Transportation System - Generated Data (ASTM E2259-03)?

Yes

Are you using it?

	Yes
	No

30. Please check all the methods your agency uses to make the archived data available.

	On-Line (Web)
	CD
	Paper reports
	Other (please specify)

31. For what portion of your region/transportation network is ITS data archived?

	Freeway system within the central business district
	Freeway system within the metropolitan region
	Freeway system in rural areas within the MPO planning boundary
	Congested areas only
	Other (please specify)

Please enter the current information for 2004. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

32. Please check the information your agency collects/archives from sensors:

	Collected in 2002	Archived in 2002	Collect in 2004	Archive in 2004
Traffic volumes
Traffic speeds
Lane occupancy
Vehicle classification
Travel time
Road conditions (e.g., wet, icy, etc.)
Weather conditions (e.g., snow, fog, rain, etc.)
Video surveillance
Other (please specify)

33. What is the time spacing of readings from sensors?

	Every second
	Every five seconds
	Every twenty seconds
	Other (please specify)
	No response

34. What is the time resolution of archived sensor data?

	Archived as it is received from sensors
	Aggregated using one minute intervals
	Other (please specify)
	No response

Please enter the current information for 2004 in the boxes provided. We have entered the information your agency provided in 2002 to assist you.

35. Please check the information your agency collects/archives from other sources:

	Collected in 2002	Archived in 2002	Collect in 2004	Archive in 2004
Route designations (snow emergency, etc.)
Current work zones
Scheduled work zones
Intermodal (air, rail, water) connections
Emergency/evacuation routes and procedures
Vehicle occupancy
Violation rates for HOV lanes
Incident location
Incident type
Incident detection time
Incident response time
Incident clearance time
Metering rates
Do not collect/archive information
Other (please specify)

36. What are the data used for?

	2002 Response	2004 Response
Do not know
Traffic analysis
Construction impact determination
Capital planning/analysis
Operation planning/analysis
Incident detection algorithm development
Roadway impact analysis
Accident prediction models
Dissemination to the public
Monitor system performance
Safety analysis
Traffic simulation modeling
Traffic control
Travel time prediction
Other (please specify)

OPERATIONAL PLANS AND PROCEDURES

Special Events:

37. Does your agency participate in a formal multi-agency initiative to proactively plan for and coordinate activities regionally related to special events?

Yes

What are the associated components of this effort? (Check all that apply)

	Agencies plan and coordinate
	Documented traffic management plans
	Specific traffic control plans
	Established operational procedures and protocols
	Day of event multiagency traffic management team
	Other (please specify)

Please check the special events included in this effort (Check all that apply):

	Street use events
	Rural event
	Recurring events at permanent venue
	Non-recurring events at permanent venue
	Events at temporary venues
	Other event types (please specify):

Will your agency participate by 2008?

	Yes
	No

Alternate Route Plans:

38. Does your agency have pre-planned alternate route plans to implement for certain sections of your freeway system?

Yes

Please check the types of events that require the implementation of the plan: (Check all that apply)

	Event Requires Implementation	Number of Freeway Centerline Miles
Roadway construction
Roadway maintenance
Roadway closure - weather
Major traffic incident
Planned special events
Other (please specify)

39. What criteria must be met to implement the alternate route plan? (Check all that apply)

	Type of incident
	Incident duration
	Incident location
	Number of freeway lanes blocked
	Time of day
	Other (please specify)

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND REPORTING

40. How often does your agency report on the performance of the freeway system?

	Monthly
	Annually
	Other
	Please specify No response

41. Which of the following performance measures are used to report on the performance for the specified portion of the freeway system?

	travel time	travel time reliability	vehicles per lane per mile	vehicles per hour	person throughput per lane per hour	person throughput per hour	average auto occupancy
Spot location
Corridor
System wide

42. Who receives this performance report? (Check all that apply)

	Agency traffic operations
	Management
	Executive management
	Elected officials
	MPOs
	Other (please specify)

43. What formats are used to present these measures? (Check all that apply)

	Tables
	Graphics/Charts
	Maps
	Text
	Other (please specify)

WORK ZONES

44. Have you used ITS at Work Zones?

Yes

What types of deployments are these? (Check all that apply)

	Temporary
	Permanent
	Temporary deployments to take over functions of permanent systems that degraded or were made inoperative by construction activities
	Other (please specify)

What technologies are deployed? (Check all that apply)

	Intrusion alarm
	Dynamic lane merge system
	Queue detection and alert system
	Travel time system
	Advanced speed information system (ASIS)
	Other (please specify)

What are the reasons for deployment? (Check all that apply)

	Reduce crashes
	Improve workers safety
	Reduce congestion
	Provide traveler information to reduce frustration
	Other (please specify)

OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

45. Has your agency deployed over-height warning systems?

	Yes
	No

46. Does your agency operate automated and/or manual freeway ramp gates?

	Yes
	No

47. Does your agency have any accident investigation sites?

	Yes
	How many? No response
	No

48. Does your agency have any Reference Location Signs (1/10 or 2/10 mile markers)?

	Yes
	No

49. Does your agency have any Dynamic Curve Warning Systems?

	Yes
	How many? 1 Number of urban freeway ramps with Truck only warning: No response Number of urban freeway ramps with warning for all vehicles: 1
	No

NATIONAL ITS STANDARDS

50. Please check the ITS standards, or groups of standards, that are used in your operational freeway management systems. The U.S. DOT ITS Standards Program recognizes that there may be other ITS standards surveys being conducted by other entities. If this is the case, please pardon the overlap; however, your input to these surveys will help the U.S. DOT ITS Standards Program better serve your needs and requirements. If no standards are used, skip to question 53.

List of standards that are recommended for consideration when deploying freeway management projects:

Using	Considering

Traffic Management

		NTCIP 1202 - Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller Units
		NTCIP 1210 - Objects for Signal Systems Master
		NTCIP 1211 - Objects for Signal Control Priority

Freeway Management

Using	Considering
		NTCIP 1203 - Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs
		NTCIP 1204 - Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations
		NTCIP 1205 - Objects for CCTV Camera Control
		NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices
		NTCIP 1207 - Object Definitions for Ramp Meter Control
		NTCIP 1208 - Object Definitions for Video Switches
		NTCIP 1209 - Object Definitions for Transportation Sensor System
		NTCIP 1213 - Electrical and Lighting Mgmt System Interoperability & Intercommunications Std
		NTCIP 1301 - Weather Report Message Set for ESS

Advanced Transportation Controller

Using	Considering
		ITE 9603-1 - Application Programming Interface (API) Standard for the Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC)
		ITE 9603-2 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Cabinet
		ITE 9603-3 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Standard Specification for the Type 2070 Controller

Profiles and Base Standards

Using	Considering
		NTCIP 1201 - Global Object Definitions
		NTCIP 1102 - Octet Encoding Rules (OER)
		NTCIP 1103 - Transportation Management Protocol
		NTCIP 1104 - CORBA Naming Convention Specification
		NTCIP 1105 - CORBA Security Service Specification
		NTCIP 1106 - CORBA Near-Real Time Data Service Specification
		NTCIP 2101 - Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using RS-232 Subnetwork Profile
		NTCIP 2102 - Subnetwork Profile for PMPP using FSK Modems
		NTCIP 2103 - Subnet Profile for Point-to-Point Protocol using RS 232
		NTCIP 2104 - Subnetwork Profile for Ethernet
		NTCIP 2201 - Transportation Transport Profile
		NTCIP 2202 - Transport Profile for Internet (TCP/IP and UDP)
		NTCIP 2301 - Application Profile for Simple Transportation Management Framework (STMF)
		NTCIP 2302 - Application Profile for Trivial File Transfer Protocol
		NTCIP 2303 - Application Profile for File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
		NTCIP 2304 - Application Profile for Data Exchange ASN.1 (DATEX)
		NTCIP 2305 - Application Profile for Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
		NTCIP 8003 - Profiles - Framework and Classification of Profiles
		NTCIP 9010 - XML Standard for Center-to-Center Communications
		IEEE P1488 - IEEE Standard for Message Set Template for Intelligent Transportation Systems
		IEEE P1489 - IEEE Standard for Data Dictionaries for Intelligent Transportation Systems - Part 1 Functional Area Data Dictionaries

Center-to-Center Communications

Using	Considering
		ITE TM 1.03 - Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD)
		ITE TM 2.01 - Message Sets for External TMC Communication (MS/ETMCC)
		NTCIP 1602 - Generic Reference Model for C2C Communications

Incident Management

Using	Considering
		IEEE 1512-2000 Standard for Common Incident Management Message Sets for use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE P1512.1 - Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by EMCs
		IEEE P1512.2 - Standard for Public Safety Incident Management Message Sets for Use by EMCs
		IEEE 1512.3-2000 - Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE 1512.4 - Standard for Emergency Management to Emergency Vehicle Subsystems Use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE P1556 - Standard for Security and Privacy of Vehicle/Roadside Communication Including Smart Card Comm.

Advanced Traveler Information System

Using	Considering
		SAE J2354 - Message Set for Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS)
		SAE J2540-2 - ITIS Phrase Lists (International Traveler Information Systems)
		SAE J2630 - Converting ATIS Message Standards from ASN.1 to XML

Transit

Using	Considering
		APTA - TCIP Dialogs
		NTCIP 1400 - TCIP - Framework Standard
		NTCIP 1401 - TCIP - Common Public Transportation (CPT) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1402 - TCIP - Incident Management (IM) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1403 - TCIP - Passenger Information (PI) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1404 - TCIP - Scheduling/Runcutting (SCH) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1405 - TCIP - Spatial Representation (SP) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1406 - TCIP - Onboard (OB) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1407 - TCIP - Control Center (CC) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1408 - TCIP - Fare Collection (FC) Business Area Standard

Commercial Vehicle Operations

Using	Considering
		ANSI TS284 - Commercial Vehicle Safety Reports
		ANSI TS285 - Commercial Vehicle Safety and Credentials Information Exchange
		ANSI TS286 - Commercial Vehicle Credentials

Dedicated Short Range Communications

Using	Considering
		IEEE 1609.1 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Resource Manager
		IEEE 1609-2 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Application Layer
		IEEE 1609.3 - Standard for IP Interface for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
		IEEE 1609.4 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer
		E2213-02 Standard Specification for Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Roadside and Vehicle Systems - 5 GHz Band Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
		SAE J2xxx - Standard for Data Dictionary and Message Sets for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
		E2158-01 Standard Specification for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Physical Layer using Microwave in the 902 to 928 MHz Band
		ASTM E17.54.00.1 - Standard Guidelines for Archiving ITS-Generated Data
		PS 105-99: Standard Provisional Specification for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Data Link Layer

Archived Data User Service (ADUS)

Using	Considering
		ASTM E2259-03 -Standard Guidelines for Archiving
		ASTM E-17.54.02.1 Standard Specifications for Metadata Content for ITS-Generated Data
		ASTM E-17.54.02.2 Standard Specifications for Archiving ITS-Related Traffic Monitoring Data

Location Referencing

Using	Considering
		SAE J2266 - Location Referencing Message Specification

51. What factors helped your agency decide to use ITS Standards? Please pick top three factors

	1	2	3
Options offered in the standards
Products employ standards
Regional architecture document requirements
Additional funding provided
Integration opportunities
Consultant or integrators recommendation
My agencys participation on standard committees
Training and technical assistance support provided by US DOT
Responding to the rule to use ITS Standards
Compliance testing is readily available

52. Do you feel that using the standards helped with the integration needs for your agency? Please list project name(s) next to each option

a. Absolutely
No response

b. Somewhat
No response

c. Not exactly
No response

53. If no ITS standards are currently used, what factors will ensure that your agency uses ITS standards? Please pick top three factors (if standards are used, check no. 1 on the first selection and move on to next question)

	1	2	3
We are already committed to using standards when they are complete
Vendors provide standard-compliant products
Standards being accepted by the ITS community and being used in deployments
Training and technical support being provided to my agency
Standards are developed that apply to my system
Additional funding being provided to use the standards
Standards use enables interoperability of systems
Other (please specify)

54. What tool, resource, or support mechanism was or would be most helpful for implementing the standards? Please pick top three

	1	2	3
Training courses
Published standards provided for free
Published standards are easily available
Support documents (i.e., procurement and implementation guides) are available
Workshops
Standards Web site
Standards forum
Software tools to assist with correctly specifying and procuring the standard
E-mail bulletins
Resource documents (i.e., user guides and reference notebooks)
Testing tools
Case studies of other similar projects that used standards successfully
Other (please specify)

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

57. Does your agency participate in a formal multi-agency regional or statewide program to coordinate management of traffic incidents that contains all the following elements?

Strategic Planning - A mutually agreed to statement of multi-agency program goals and measurable objectives.

Program Plan - A multi-year, multi-agency program plan that maps out the process toward meeting program goals and identifying initiatives, tasks and funding sources.

Annual Work Plan - A plan of tasks, projects, or initiatives for participating agencies to be done during the current year with funding secured.

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

58. Does your agency participate in a team that meets on a regular basis to evaluate and improve coordinated incident response and to address traffic problems as well?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

59. Does your agency have formal established call-out procedures for responding to traffic incidents?

Yes

When are these procedures in effect? (Check all that apply)

	24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
	Peak periods only
	Normal business hours only
	Weekends
	Holidays
	Other (please specify)

Whom in your agency do they affect? (Check all that apply)

	Traffic control
	Roadway maintenance
	Bridges/Tunnels (structures)
	Other (please specify)

Do not know

60. Are on-call supervisors permitted to take public vehicles or equipment home in order to facilitate their response to traffic incidents?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

61. Has a multi-agency contact list been developed in your area containing the names, phone numbers, pager numbers, and other pertinent information for the appropriate response personnel?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

62. With what types of agencies does your agency electronically share real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents?

	Real-Time Data	After-the-fact Data
Other transportation agencies
Law enforcement (local)
Law enforcement (state)
Fire and rescue agencies
Do not electronically exchange information
Do not know
Other (please specify)

63. Is an Incident Management (Incident Command) System used on-scene to manage traffic incidents?

	Yes, specified by state law
	Yes, through agreement
	No
	Do not know

64. Is there a legal specification by state law or formal agreement as to who is in charge at the scene of a traffic incident (Incident Commander)?

	Yes
	Who? State Troopers on Interstate, US Route, & State Route
	No
	Do not know

65. Has a plan been developed and adopted by responding agencies for staging and parking response vehicles and equipment at a traffic incident site in a manner that minimizes lane blockage and facilitates the re-opening of lanes?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

66. Are respondents protected through law or court opinion for liability claims for damages to vehicles or cargoes during clearance activities so long as the removal was not done in a careless or grossly negligent manner?

	Yes
	No
	Legislation or action being planned
	Do not know

67. Does your state or local jurisdiction have a law that requires drivers involved in a property-damage only accident (where vehicles can be driven) to move the vehicles from travel lanes to a safe location to exchange information or wait for police?

	Yes
	No
	Legislation planned or in progress
	Do not know

68. How long are abandoned vehicles allowed to remain on a freeway shoulder (assuming they are not an imminent hazard)?

	0 to 4 hours
	4 to 24 hours
	More than 24 hours
	Please specify No response
	Do not know

69. Are there any laws or policies regarding the removal of stalled or abandoned vehicles from freeway shoulders in your metropolitan area?

	Yes
	Please describe briefly. No response
	No
	Do not know

70. Are there any policies and procedures to facilitate quick removal of heavily damaged vehicles and non-hazardous cargoes in your metropolitan area?

	Yes
	Please briefly describe the policy or procedures No response
	No
	Do not know

71. What agency usually directs traffic on-scene at major traffic incidents in your area?

	Law enforcement
	Fire and rescue
	Transportation
	Auxiliary reserves (fire or police)
	Do not know

72. Are on-scene responders to traffic incidents from your agency familiar with standards for traffic control specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

73. Does your agency participate in a statewide disaster planning program?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know