Transcript PRESENTATION NAME - Opus International Consultants Limited

Traffic Incident Management – a
Strategic Focus
Inspector Peter Baird
National Adviser: Policy and Legislation: Road
Policing
Outline
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An overview of Traffic Incident Management(TIM)- a Police view
Current challenges for Police in delivering TIM
The emergence of strategic trends in the transport sector and the
impact on TIM - a Police perspective
Key considerations for Police going forward
Overview of TIM – a Police view
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Traffic incident management (TIM) is defined as the systematic, planned and
coordinated use of human, institutional, mechanical and technical resources to
reduce the duration and impact of incidents, and improve the safety of motorists,
crash victims and incident responders.
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These resources are also used to increase the operating efficiency, safety, and
mobility of the highway by:
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systematically reducing the time to detect and verify an incident occurrence;
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implementing the appropriate response;
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safely clearing the incident;
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managing the affected flow until full capacity is restored.
Police’s role in TIM
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Provide emergency call centre/coordinates communications
Assume role of Incident Commander/supervise response actions
Secure incident scene/safeguarding property
Perform first responder duties
Assist responders in accessing the incident scenes
Control arrival and departure of incident responders
Conduct crash investigation
Perform traffic control
Establish emergency access routes
Ensure responder safety
The key objective of TIM
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congestion relief and network efficiency
crash and secondary crash reductions
faster incident detection, verification, dispatch and response time
reduced mortality
increased responder safety
reduced traffic incident duration has proven the greatest contributor to
the benefits of a traffic incident management program.
A US perspective…
For every minute a freeway lane is blocked during peak use, an
estimated 4 minutes of delay result after the incident is cleared,
accounting for 4.2 billion hours of delay annually.
The cost of congestion and road crashes on US
roads
Cost of congestion Cost of road
(billion)
crashes (billion)
2005
67.6
164.2
2009
97.7
299.5
Source: US Department of National
Transportation
Current trends within the transport
system and the impact on traffic
incident management
Vehicle kilometres travelled- 2002-2012
30%
Percentage change in deaths, hospitalisations,
population, vkt and vehicle numbers compared to
2001
Percentage change since 2001
20%
10%
0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
-40%
-50%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
Deaths
Hospitalised for over 1 day
Vehicle fleet composition
Road freight tonne-km growth
Pressure and change in the transport
system over the next 20 years
Forecast growth in freight
Growth in aging population
Expected population growth
Placement of the population in 2031
What do these trends mean for TIM in the future?
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Increased traffic volumes  increased number of road users and congestion
on the network  Greater potential for traffic incidents to occur.
Increased traffic volumes Potential to increase risk to the safety of motorists,
crash victims and incident responders and an increase in the risk of secondary
incidents occurring.
Increased number of vehicles congested in traffic related incidents Increase
in energy consumption and reduction in air quality (increase in vehicle
emissions) through delays in traffic.
Aging population – increase in the number of older drivers  cognitive
impairment and reduced driver ability  increase in minor crashes and traffic
incidents.
What do these trends mean for TIM in the future? –
Cont’d
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Auckland and the golden triangle – Forecast for significant growth in
population and VKT  potential for exponential increase in traffic incidents.
Greater complexity in managing sites with more vehicles travelling on a fixed
capacity network (i.e. less time to respond with more traffic on the network).
Increased investigations by Police into road traffic incidents.
Challenges
Use of multiple operating systems and technologies across
agencies can limit detection and the efficiency of responses.
 Limited real-time information on the availability and location of
responder agency resources.
 Increasing pressure in the transport system will create the need to
have better information to respond.
Solution
 Potential for traffic agencies to provide more assistance to police
and emergency services through the use of intelligent transport
systems (e.g. TOC with DCC).
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Police’s role towards effective TIM
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Ensure effective planning and governance with TIM responders to
seek clear agreement on strategic trends, their impacts and
responses.
Assess relevant policy and legislation to ensure fit with the
strategic direction and environment for TIM in the future.
Look for opportunities to utilise technology to enable better
integration and response both within Police and with key
agencies.
Improve the quality of data being collected on traffic incidents for
trend analysis and future planning.
Strategic assessments and planning for the occurrence of
potential incidents – a preventative approach using intelligence.
Managing staff to demand – using intelligence to roster staff with
the rise in network incidents.
Questions?