Disruption Management Template Development
UIC will produce transportation management templates for use in the event of a major transportation system disruption, which can result from vehicle crashes, hazardous materials spills, terrorist attacks, or other similar events. UIC will incorporate into its template and develop ways to: (1) maintain traffic flows (2) minimize secondary incidents *reduce system congestion and (3) manage the demand for the system.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $115000.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL United States 62764 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Illinois, Chicago
Urban Transportation Center
412 Peoria Street, Suite 340
Chicago, IL United States 60607-7036 -
Principal Investigators:
DiJohn, Joseph
- Start Date: 20060118
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20080630
- Source Data: RiP Project 14188
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crashes; Incident detection; Incident management; Management; Research projects; Spills (Pollution); Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic incidents; Transportation planning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Templates; Terrorist incidents
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01460299
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: University of Illinois, Chicago
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:22PM