IN-TIME Executive Session - Purdue University

Purdue Road Show IN-TIME Executive Session – March 8, 2016

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Sources of Congestion

Traffic Congestion and Reliability. FHWA (September 2005) Traffic Congestion and Reliability. FHWA (September 2005)

Secondary Crashes

Vigo County—At 8:03 this evening, Indiana State Police troopers and Vigo County emergency agencies responded to a two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 10 mile marker. Preliminary investigation revealed eastbound I-70 traffic was slowing for a prior crash

FHWA & IN-TIME Goals

• Reduced or eliminated injuries and fatalities among both responders and motorists

• Rapid clearance of incidents, greatly reducing traffic congestion and risk of secondary crashes

• Formal TIM programs that benefit corridors, regions, and States

• Adoption of TIM as a core mission for all State and local responders and DOTs

Training Objectives:

• Improved responder safety

• Improved reliability (reduced incident duration)

• Improved motorist safety (reduced secondary crashes)

TIM Training Program Implementation Progress Total Responders to Be Trained SIP 16 Goal of 20% - As of February 22, 2016

MA: 16.2% (12,079)

6.5% (20,777)

RI: 23.0% (4,080)

CT: 21.7% (3,120)

NJ: 20.5% (31,513)

MD: 11.1% (23,218)

DC: 32.0% (6,534)

13.4% (17,520)

28.9%

(11,394)

31.6% (3,770)

3.2% (10,627)

11.6% (54,500) 34.9%

(37,126) 9.3% (30,546)

13.0% (54,699)

21.1% (13,245)

13.3% (19,894)

3.0% (9,932)

33.4% (17,100)

9.3% (32,555)

14.6% (27,081)

11.5% (78,309)

17.8% (31,000)

21.0% (4,930)

23.7% (3,993)

14.0% (71,223)

4.3% (11,781)

11.4% (26,350)

18.9% (14,595)

18.3% (22,500)

9.6% (7,831)

6.1% (32,768)

2.0% (55,670)

4.8% (61,105)

14.7% (8,683)

24.9%

4.4% (54,443)

9.5% (7,510)

22.2% (18,177)

VT: 28.1% (2,796)

NH: 22.6% (7,175)

7.3% (4,797)

7.9% (3,270) 23.9%

(5,924)

10 - 19.9% Trained

5 - 9.9% Trained

0.1 - 4.9% Trained

12.8% Percent Trained

(1,243,341) Total Responders To Be Trained

23.3% (8,300)

(32,948)

1.3% (45,209)

4.0% (30,208)

7.7% (21,542)

DE: 7.0% (4,715)

20+% Trained

TIM Training Program Implementation Progress Total To Be Trained By Discipline - As of February 22, 2016

* Web-Based Training totals are included in Other

11,936 (27.1%)

13,838 (17.4%)

20,247 (24.2%)

7,578 (3.4%)

49,277 (12.2%)

56,348 (13.9%)

44,035

79,376

83,516

226,094

404,675

405,645

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000

Other Disciplines*

Towing and Recovery

Transportation/Public Works

EMS

Law Enforcement

Fire/Rescue

Total Trained Total To Be Trained

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Lt. Mike Lepper Indiana State Police

Steve Harney Indiana DOT

NATIONAL TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT (TIM)

RESPONDER TRAINING PROGRAM LAW ENFORCEMENT | FIRE | EMS | TRANSPORTATION

TOWING & RECOVERY | COMMUNICATIONS

4-HOUR COURSE

Target Audience

Law Enforcement – Patrol Officers, Supervisors,

Accident Investigators, Re-constructionists

Fire Department – Fire Department personnel, Fire

Officers, Rescue/Extrication crews, Hazardous Materials Teams

Emergency Medical – Duty personnel, Supervisors, Air

Medical crews

Medical Examiners/Coroners

Tow & Recovery Operators – Light-, Medium-, & Heavy-

duty Operators, Supervisors

Transportation – Municipal, County, State

DOT, Courtesy Patrol, HOV, Toll Road Operators, Transit System Operators

Communications Centers – PSAP 911 Centers, Traffic

Operations Centers, Transportation Management Centers

News Media

Initial Step: Train the Trainer (TtT) course for

Responders Next Step: Classroom Training in regions

throughout Indiana Taught by Responder instructors to

multidiscipline groups of responders. 4 hours

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In-Person Delivery

TIM Responder Training Evaluations

• I would recommend this to others: 95 % positive response

• I gained an understanding of the need for coordinated

incident management – 95 % positive response

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•Traffic congestion costs American motorists $87.2 billion per year in wasted time and fuel costs—more than $757 for every U.S. traveler.

•The total amount of wasted fuel topped 2.8 billion gallons 24 gallons of gas for every traveler.

•Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic.

•Nationally, in 2007, the average driver languished in rush-hour traffic for 36 hours— nearly one full work week for every traveler.

Important TIM Concepts

Important TIM Concepts & Travel Reliability

•Crashes, disabled vehicles, and debris on the road

cause roughly half of non-recurring congestion and are the most important factors affecting travel time reliability.

•Incidents negatively impact businesses that

depend on on-time deliveries.

Important TIM Concepts o& Travel Reliability

• Unplanned incidents pose two major challenges that need to be addressed without sacrificing one or the other:

1) Protecting the safety of incident responders plus the safety of the motoring public

2) Minimizing the impact on traffic flow.

• A significant number of responders are killed or seriously injured every year while dealing with unplanned incidents.

• Secondary collisions occur due to motorists coming upon an incident that is already affecting traffic.

Defining TIM

• TIM consists of a planned and coordinated multi-disciplinary process to detect, respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that traffic flow may be restored as safely and quickly as possible

• Effective TIM reduces the duration and impacts of traffic incidents and improves the safety of motorists, crash victims, and emergency responders

Each injury crash can require… 2 LE

4 F/R 2 EMS 1 T&R _______________ 9 Responders

Injury Crash

That’s potentially 27 responders “working in or near moving traffic” every minute of every hour, 24/7/365!

“D” Drivers Are Killing Us… Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy, Distracted, or Just plain…

Dumb

“D” Drivers

IN-TIME Review

• Indiana’s quick clearance program is designed to get first responders to work together to quickly and safely open lanes blocked by an incident

• Why? – Twenty (20) percent of all crashes are secondary crashes – Eighteen (18) of those secondary crashes involve a fatality – For every one (1) minute a traffic lane is closed it takes

four (4) minutes to get that traffic flow back to normal • When one lane of a three lane road is blocked, what

is the percentage reduction of traffic flow capability on that segment of roadway?

The Importance of Good Communication

Responder Struck-By Fatalities

In a typical year, the following number of responders are struck and killed: • 12 Law Enforcement Officers • 5 Fire and Rescue Personnel • 60 Towing and Recovery Professionals • Several transportation professionals from DOTs,

Public Works, and Safety Service Patrol Programs

4H-22

A “Routine” Incident

• March 9, 1998 at 2:10 p.m. – Raining, wet roadways

• Vehicle on PA Turnpike lost control and slid into a drainage ditch… 911 is called

Photo Courtesy of the Lionville Fire Company (PA)

Lesson 1

4H-23

A “Routine” Incident – Aftermath

Photo Courtesy of the Lionville Fire Company (PA)

Lesson 1

4H-24

A “Routine” Incident – Aftermath

• Eight firefighters and two EMTs were struck by the 18-wheeler as it slid into the incident scene – One firefighter killed – Nine other responders

seriously injured

Photo Courtesy of the Lionville Fire Company (PA)

Lesson 1

4H-25

Traffic Incident Management Area

Advance Warning

Area

Transition Area Activity Area

Termination Area

Buffer Space

Incident Space

Lesson 2

4H-26

Blocking Vehicle Struck-By

Video Courtesy of the Mesquite Fire Department (TX)

Lesson 4

4H-27

Avoiding the Zero Buffer

Video Courtesy of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Lesson 4

4H-28

Vehicle Fires

Video Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Transportation

Lesson 8

4H-29

“. . . provide a common framework for development of traffic incident management policies and training

programs across the various responder disciplines.”

Local Drivers for TIM

Only two bridges across the

Wabash River

Increase in Serious Accidents

Local TIM Initiatives

Designation & Marking of US 150 as I-70 Emergency Route

Emergency Services Rail Monitoring

System

Laser/Radar Detection and

Tracking

E911 Center

Local TIM Initiatives

Multi-jurisdictional Serious/Fatal Accident Investigation Team

• Photogrammetry Equipped • Specialized Training

Certified TIM Training • Senior Leader Introductory Course • Four Traffic Incident Responder Courses • 120+ Individuals Trained in 2013

Local TIM Initiatives

Local Implementation of INDOT DamageWise Program

Alternate I-70 Route Plan Development – Clay & Vigo Counties

Summary • IN-TIME is dedicated to reducing secondary crashes

by restoring traffic flow as quickly as can be safely done

• Anyone that might respond to an incident on the roadway is encouraged to take this class

• Communication & Relationships are a necessity! • Questions?

– Contact: • Steve Harney at sharney@indot.in.gov • Mike Lepper at mlepper@isp.in.gov