Emergency Transportation Operations

MISSION

Good Incident and Emergency Highway Plans and Practices Save Lives, Safeguard Citizens and Improve Mobility.

WHAT'S NEW IN ETO

2012 Senior Executive Transportation & Public Safety Summit Report

The 2012 Senior Executive Transportation & Public Safety Summit Report summarizes the proceedings, findings, and recommendations from a two-day Senior Executive Summit on Transportation and Public Safety, held June 26 and 27, 2012 at the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) in Washington, D.C.

Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for Traffic Incident Management Applications

Traffic incidents are a major source of congestion. Implementing traffic incident management (TIM) strategies has proven to be a highly cost effective way of reducing non-recurrent congestion. The Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for Traffic Incident Management Applications provides the current state of practice of various analytical methodologies and related TIM applications. It, also, identifies some research activities to improve analysis of incident impacts and TIM strategies.

Traffic Incident Management Cost Management and Cost Recovery Primer

The Traffic Incident Management Cost Management and Cost Recovery Primer provides mid-level managers at transportation and other stakeholder agencies with the resources they need to explain the benefits of traffic incident management (TIM) and TIM cost management and cost recovery to executive leadership.

Traffic Incident Management Outreach Toolkit

We know how important Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is to the safety and reliability of our roadways and want to provide the tools you need to educate the public. The TIM Outreach Toolkit was developed to help TIM programs across the country promote their message clearly and cost-effectively. With your help, we can teach the general public about the value of TIM and how we can work together towards the goal of safe, free-flowing, reliable roadways for everyone.

The Office of Operations welcomes you to the Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO) home page, featuring information on the ETO for Disasters, Traffic Planning for Special Events (PSE) and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs.

FHWA, through the ETO programs, provides tools, guidance, capacity building and good practices that aid local and State DOTs and their partners in their efforts to improve transportation network efficiency and public/responder safety when a non-recurring event either interrupts or overwhelms transportation operations. Non-recurring events may range from traffic incidents to traffic Planning for Special Event (PSE) to disaster or emergency transportation operations (Disaster ETO). Work in ETO program areas focuses on using highway operational tools to enhance mobility and motorist and responder safety. Partnerships in ETO program areas involve non-traditional transportation stakeholders since ETO programs involve transportation, public safety (fire, rescue, emergency medical service [EMS]), law enforcement) and emergency management communities. ETO, as a discipline, spans a full range of activities: from transportation-centric (fender benders) to those where transportation is a critical response component (e.g., hurricane evacuations).

The Emergency Transportation Operations Web site uses National Incident Management System or NIMS categories to functionally organize its content. The NIMS chart provides specific information as it pertains to Disaster ETO, PSE, and/or TIM.

Peer-to-Peer Program

The Traffic Incident Management & Planned Special Events Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Program is a Federal Highway Administration Technical Assistance Program that provides public sector transportation stakeholders with a convenient method to tap into the growing knowledge base of TIM & PSE experience and receive short-term assistance.

Evacuations in the News

Evacuation operations occur daily throughout the Nation. Local jurisdictions manage evacuations, whether a solitary building with 25 to 50 residents, a neighborhood or an entire city. Evacuation expertise lies with local authorities. To demonstrate that evacuations constitute daily emergency operations, FHWA offers a weekly summary of where events occur to aid in further research or peer-to-peer exchanges. We invite you to search this Web site for more on evacuation planning and operations.

Comments and Suggestions

We welcome all comments and suggestions. Please address your comments and suggestions to ETO@dot.gov.

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Search: Home About ETO Traffic Incident Management TIM Outreach Toolkit Traffic Management for Planned Special Events ETO for Disasters Peer-to-Peer Program National Incident Management System Command and Management Preparedness Traffic Incident Management Performance Measurement Knowledgebase Resource Management Communications and Information Management Supporting Technologies Ongoing Management and Maintenance Publications FAQs Training Links	Emergency Transportation Operations MISSION Good Incident and Emergency Highway Plans and Practices Save Lives, Safeguard Citizens and Improve Mobility. WHAT'S NEW IN ETO 2012 Senior Executive Transportation & Public Safety Summit Report The 2012 Senior Executive Transportation & Public Safety Summit Report summarizes the proceedings, findings, and recommendations from a two-day Senior Executive Summit on Transportation and Public Safety, held June 26 and 27, 2012 at the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) in Washington, D.C. Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for Traffic Incident Management Applications Traffic incidents are a major source of congestion. Implementing traffic incident management (TIM) strategies has proven to be a highly cost effective way of reducing non-recurrent congestion. The Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for Traffic Incident Management Applications provides the current state of practice of various analytical methodologies and related TIM applications. It, also, identifies some research activities to improve analysis of incident impacts and TIM strategies. Traffic Incident Management Cost Management and Cost Recovery Primer The Traffic Incident Management Cost Management and Cost Recovery Primer provides mid-level managers at transportation and other stakeholder agencies with the resources they need to explain the benefits of traffic incident management (TIM) and TIM cost management and cost recovery to executive leadership. Traffic Incident Management Outreach Toolkit We know how important Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is to the safety and reliability of our roadways and want to provide the tools you need to educate the public. The TIM Outreach Toolkit was developed to help TIM programs across the country promote their message clearly and cost-effectively. With your help, we can teach the general public about the value of TIM and how we can work together towards the goal of safe, free-flowing, reliable roadways for everyone. The Office of Operations welcomes you to the Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO) home page, featuring information on the ETO for Disasters, Traffic Planning for Special Events (PSE) and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs. FHWA, through the ETO programs, provides tools, guidance, capacity building and good practices that aid local and State DOTs and their partners in their efforts to improve transportation network efficiency and public/responder safety when a *non-recurring* event either interrupts or overwhelms transportation operations. Non-recurring events may range from traffic incidents to traffic Planning for Special Event (PSE) to disaster or emergency transportation operations (Disaster ETO). Work in ETO program areas focuses on using highway operational tools to enhance mobility and motorist and responder safety. Partnerships in ETO program areas involve non-traditional transportation stakeholders since ETO programs involve transportation, public safety (fire, rescue, emergency medical service [EMS]), law enforcement) and emergency management communities. ETO, as a discipline, spans a full range of activities: from transportation-centric (fender benders) to those where transportation is a critical response component (e.g., hurricane evacuations). The Emergency Transportation Operations Web site uses National Incident Management System or NIMS categories to functionally organize its content. The NIMS chart provides specific information as it pertains to Disaster ETO, PSE, and/or TIM. Peer-to-Peer Program The Traffic Incident Management & Planned Special Events Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Program is a Federal Highway Administration Technical Assistance Program that provides public sector transportation stakeholders with a convenient method to tap into the growing knowledge base of TIM & PSE experience and receive short-term assistance. Evacuations in the News Evacuation operations occur daily throughout the Nation. Local jurisdictions manage evacuations, whether a solitary building with 25 to 50 residents, a neighborhood or an entire city. Evacuation expertise lies with local authorities. To demonstrate that evacuations constitute daily emergency operations, FHWA offers a weekly summary of where events occur to aid in further research or peer-to-peer exchanges. We invite you to search this Web site for more on evacuation planning and operations. Comments and Suggestions We welcome all comments and suggestions. Please address your comments and suggestions to ETO@dot.gov. PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader®
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