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
• 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