Long Description: Traffic Management Plan Checklist - Step 6
Step 6. Other Advance Planning Objectives
Assessment: Traffic incident management
If Assessment applies:
- Evaluate crash prevention tactics to improve driver awareness of surroundings and driver behavior
- Utilize or increase service patrols
- Develop traffic incident quick clearance initiatives to support traffic ingress and egress operations
Tips/Examples:
- Crash prevention tactics include: (1) portable lighting, (2) congestion warning sign, (3) public information safety campaign, and (4) enforcement of illegal and dangerous traffic maneuvers
- Service patrols may support on-scene incident management and clearance, traffic management plan deployment, and traffic conditions monitoring
- An example quick clearance initiative includes staging tow trucks on key ingress/egress routes for rapid clearance of disabled and illegally parked or abandoned vehicles
Assessment: Traveler information
If Assessment applies:
- Develop strategies to disseminate information to event patrons and other road users regarding route planning, available travel modes, and time of day to travel
- Present information in a manner that helps event patrons better gauge the utility associated with available travel choices
- Develop changeable message sign plan
- Develop information dissemination plan to be implemented on Day of Event
Tips/Examples:
- Traveler information dissemination methods include: (1) Internet, (2) telephone information systems including 511, (3) public information campaign, (4) event and venue transportation guide, (5) kiosks, (6) television, (7) newspapers, (8) changeable message signs, (9) highway advisory radio, and (10) access and parking information with ticket sales
- Identify location of and messages on changeable message signs
- Identify contact persons, responsibilities and information flow procedure for Day-of the Event
