March 2012
U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Transportation Operations 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
FHWA-HOP-12-044
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List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Organization Challenges/Issues The Cost of Traffic Incidents
Chapter 1. TIM Overview
TIM Programs TIM Goals and Objectives
Chapter 2. Definitions
Cost Recovery Cost Management Identifying and Classifying Costs Performance Measurement
Chapter 3. State of the Practice
Legislation Advocacy Groups on TIM Cost Recovery Fire Services and EMS Law Enforcement Agencies Transportation Agencies
Chapter 4. Translating Cost Management Principles into TIM Practice
Roadmap for Managing TIM Costs Contracting Emergency Services
Chapter 5. Strategies for Recovering TIM Costs
Legislation Public-Private Partnerships Special Federal Programs
Chapter 6. Planning for Operations
Integrating TIM into Metropolitan and Statewide Transportation Plans Inclusion of TIM Projects or Programs in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Creating Local Line Items
Chapter 7. Closing Thoughts
Continue to Make the Case for TIM Conduct Pilot Projects Dissemination of Research and Lessons Learned Information Additional Research
Figure 1 – Emergency Transportation Operations Continuum Figure 2 – Full Spectrum of TIM Costs Figure 3 – Cost Management Fundamentals Figure 4 – Standard Incident Timeline for Performance Measurement Figure 5 – Sources that may enable TIM cost recovery statutes Figure 6 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (As Amended in 1986) Figure 7 – Example of Cost Tracking Tool at the Florida Highway Patrol Figure 8 – Sample of Cost Tracking Figure 9 – Alabama Law for Highway Damage Liability Figure 10 – California Emergency Response Law Figure 11 – Broad Picture of TIM Cost Management Components Figure 12 – Example of Resource Allocation and Utilization Process in Asset Management Figure 13 – Transportation Resource Management Figure 14 – Screen 1 of the Pennsylvania Incident Cost Management System Figure 15 – Screen 2 of the Pennsylvania Incident Cost Management System Figure 16 – Screen 3 of the Pennsylvania Incident Cost Management System Figure 17 – Screen 1 of the Pennsylvania Cost Recovery Tracking System Figure 18 – Screen 2 of the Pennsylvania Cost Recovery Tracking System Figure 19 – The Transportation Planning Process
Table 1 – National Incident Estimates by Year, 2005-2010 Table 2 – The Anatomy of a TIM Program Table 3 – Sources of Costs Associated with the National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management Table 4 – Input, Output, and Potential Outcome for a TIM Program by NUG Strategy Table 5 – Viewpoints on TIM Cost Recovery by Means of User Fees Table 6 – Roadmap to a TIM Cost Management Program
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