Emergency Transportation Operations
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Traffic Management for Planned Special Events

Community Gathersing

The Planned Special Events Program provides handbooks, training and checklists to help practitioners as they develop plans using the advance information regarding the

  • Advanced planning and coordination to develop and deploy the operational strategies, traffic control plans, protocols, procedures, and technologies needed to control traffic and share real-time information with other stakeholders on the day of the event.
  • Location, time, duration, and demand expected for a planned special event. Public agencies can exploit this advanced information to minimize the effect these events may have on the general public, motorists, public agencies, and others service providers.
  • Way communities can enhance their image by providing a safe, efficient, and convenient environment for those who travel to and from an event, while at the same time minimizing any congestion-related impacts it may have on other motorists.
Car Raising Event Gathering

2009 National Conference on Transportation Operations for Planned and Unplanned Events Presentations

Presentations from the FHWA Office of Operation's 2009 National Conference on Transportation Operations for Planned and Unplanned Events, March 25-26 are now available online at the Institute of Transportation Engineers Web site.

Publications

For a listing of Traffic Management For Planned Special Events publications, please visit the Office Of Operations' Publications Web page.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact:

Laurel J. Radow
Evacuations and Planned Special Events Program Manager
Emergency Transportation Operations Team
Office of Operations, Federal Highway Administration
Department of Transportation
202-366-2855
Laurel.Radow@dot.gov

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