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Faster Response: Effective Use of Resources - Integrating Transportation Systems and Emergency Management Systems
This brochure discusses how coordinating the efforts of emergency dispatchers with transportation management agencies can improve efficiency and response times. It is noted that when emergency services agencies share facilities and traffic monitoring resources with transportation management agencies, there is a measurable improvement in the efficiency and speed of incident response.
United States. Department of Transportation
1999
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Handbook for Transit Safety and Security Certification
"The Joint Task Force on Safety and Security Certification, established between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), prepared this Handbook to support the efforts of the transit industry to achieve continuous improvement in safety and security performance. This Handbook provides a guide for establishing a certification program to address safety and security that identifies the key activities; incorporates safety and security more fully into transit projects; highlights resources necessary to develop and implement a certification program for safety and security; and provides tools and sample forms to promote implementation of the safety and security certification process."
United States. Department of Transportation
2002-11
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Highway Routing of Hazardous Materials: Guidelines for Applying Criteria
"This document provides guidance to States, Indian tribes, and locals on how to apply and implement the new Federal standards for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing designated NRHM highway routes. It is important to note that there are two types of routing designations: designated routes and restricted routes. Designated routes are those highway routes on which NRHM must be transported. Restricted routes are those highway routes on which NRHM may not be transported. Restrictions addressed by the new regulations include tunnels, lane restrictions, time of day limitations, prior notice, escort requirements, etc.; jurisdictional restrictions such as 'nuclear free zone' are not covered. Both designated and restricted routes are covered in this Guide."
United States. Department of Transportation
1996-11
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Guidelines for Selecting Preferred Highway Routes for Highway Route Controlled Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials
"This document presents guidelines for use by State officials in selecting preferred routes for highway route controlled quantity shipments of radioactive materials. A methodology for analyzing and comparing safety factors of alternative routes is described. Technical information on the impacts of radioactive material transportation needed to apply the methodology is also presented. Application of this methodology will identify the route (or set of routes) that minimizes the radiological impacts from shipments of these radioactive materials within a given State. Emphasis in this document is on practical application of the methodology."
United States. Department of Transportation
1992-08
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: A Research Agenda in CIP
"The National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation Infrastructure is examining the role of remote sensing and geospatial information technologies in Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), specifically in the identification and preservation of Critical Transportation Infrastructure (CTI). Activities planned for the coming year include: compilation of materials and data of interest to local agencies; coordination of activities with CIP agencies, and; specialist meetings of CIP professionals, including private and public agencies, and academics. In February 2002, NCRST-Infrastructure established a web-based public consultation to poll experts on high priority issues in CIP. This document is a first draft of a research agenda, based on input from the consultation, as well as other individual and group discussions."
United States. Department of Transportation
2003
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Does Sea Level Rise Matter to Transportation Along the Atlantic Coast?
From the Introduction: "A steady barrage of studies and news reports about global warming has ensured that virtually all transportation planners realize that the transportation sector of the U.S. economy is an important cause of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. Less attention has been paid, however, to the effects of global warming on transportation--and virtually no attention has been paid to the ways by which our transportation infrastructure may impair our ability to adapt to the consequences of global warming. [...] This paper is part of a DOT [Department of Transportation] process to motivate adaptation to climate change in the U.S. transportation sector."
United States. Department of Transportation
Titus, Jim
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Hazardous Material Transportation Safety and Security Field Operational Test Final Detailed Test Plans
"The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the more recent events of war with Iraq during the Spring of 2003, resulted in a significant heightened level of concern from federal government officials and transportation industry members regarding the secure transport of hazardous materials. These security issues focus on HazMat shipments as potential targets for terrorists. HazMat shipments through intermodal connectors, modes, and facilities are all prospective targets for domestic acts of terrorism, and pose a much greater concern to public safety than most other shipment types. HazMat shipments, especially fuels and chemicals, present an attractive target for terrorists due to the multiple points of vulnerability. These vulnerabilities exist at shipper, motor carrier, and shipment recipient facilities and shipment movement en route throughout the nation's roadway infrastructure. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), working in close cooperation with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has proactively addressed public and private sector HazMat security concerns by identifying potential security risks related to HazMat transportation and proposing solutions to minimize those risks. FMCSA embarked on a program to improve HazMat security and safety by using regulatory measures, security assessments, and outreach efforts."
United States. Department of Transportation
2003-09-16
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Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) System Initiative Transition Plan [Version 1.0]
"Although the 9-1-1 system has been a success for nearly 40 years, changes in the public's use of technology, the saturation of the mobile market, and the spread of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony over broadband are contributing to greater expectations that the current system needs to address. Because text, data, images, and video are increasingly common in personal communications and are critical to future transportation safety, users expect the 9-1-1 system to accommodate highly mobile, dynamic communications modes. The architecture of these communications modes is inconsistent with the fundamental structure of the current 9-1-1 system. To guide and foster a nationwide vision of a 9-1-1 system for the 21st century, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is taking a lead role in the research and development needed to bring about a more capable Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) system that supports emergency call delivery and a response-based system that maximizes impact across a diverse stakeholder community. There are, however, a large number of operational, economic, political, and institutional issues that must be addressed and reconciled to successfully implement the NG9-1-1 system across the Nation. Implementing NG9-1-1 will likely be a complicated process, requiring the effective, timely, and willing cooperation of an array of stakeholders. To address these issues, the NG9-1-1 Initiative has researched and analyzed the transition issues along with the strategic elements and options that could be followed to further the progress and implementation of NG9-1-1. The intent of this Transition Plan is to frame the view of NG9-1-1 deployment issues held by stakeholders and provide options for addressing key issues with the goal of making implementation a reality."
United States. Department of Transportation
2009-02-02
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Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) System Initiative Final System Design Document [Version 2.0]
"Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Initiative is a research and development project funded by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) to define the framework and plan to deploy Internet Protocol (IP)-based emergency communications across the nation. The project has helped to define the concept of operations, functional requirements, and system architecture, and to develop a transition plan that considers implementation costs, values, and risks. The NG9-1-1 Final System Design document is the culmination of the technical work of the NG9-1-1 Initiative." In addition, the document states that "[t]o demonstrate the networking features of NG9-1-1, a standalone and secure POC network was designed and implemented. The network connected three laboratory facilities (Booz Allen Hamilton and Texas A&M and Columbia Universities), four PSAPs (Rochester, New York; King County, Washington; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Helena, Montana) and one statewide PSAP network (the State of Indiana). Each of these entities was connected via secure Generic Route Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels over Internet2 and a mix of AT&T's Commodity Internet and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network."
United States. Department of Transportation
2009-02
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Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse [website]
"The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse is designed as a one-stop source of information on transportation and climate change issues. It includes information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, analytic methods and tools, GHG reduction strategies, potential impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure, and approaches for integrating climate change considerations into transportation decision making."
United States. Department of Transportation
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Climate Adaptation Plan: Ensuring Transportation Infrastructure and System Resilience
"Under Executive Order No. 13514 and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Implementing Instructions, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is required to submit a Climate Adaptation Plan for implementation in 2013. DOT's work on climate adaptation began a number of years before this requirement because potential climate impacts influence DOT's strategic goals of safety, state of good repair and environmental sustainability. This plan reflects FY12 and FY13 commitments as well as other DOT accomplishments. It incorporates DOT's earlier report on vulnerabilities to climate variability and change. DOT's Policy Statement on Climate Adaptation is attached. The Department's mission is to serve the United States by ensuring a safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future. The Department and its modal agencies oversee the safe operation of the United States transportation system including more than 3.9 million miles of public roads, 120,000 miles of major railroads, 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways, 5,000 public-use airports, 500 major urban public transit operators and more than 300 coastal, Great Lakes, and inland waterways ports."
United States. Department of Transportation
2013?
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DOT Emergency Order: Petroleum Crude Oil Railroad Carriers
"This notice constitutes an Emergency Restriction/Prohibition Order (Order) by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT; Department) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5121(d). This Order is issued to all railroad carriers that transport in a single train in commerce within the United States, 1,000,000 gallons or more of UN 1267, Petroleum crude oil, Class 3,[1] sourced from the Bakken shale formation in the Williston Basin (Bakken crude oil). By this Order, DOT is requiring that each railroad carrier provide the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) for each state in which it operates trains transporting 1,000,000 gallons or more of Bakken crude oil, notification regarding the expected movement of such trains through the counties in the state. The notification shall identify each county, or a particular state or commonwealth's equivalent jurisdiction (e.g., Louisiana parishes, Alaska boroughs, Virginia independent cities) (county), in the state through which the trains will operate."
United States. Department of Transportation
2014-05-07
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Aviation Industry Performance: A Review of Summer 2007 Aviation System Performance
"This is the ninth in a series of periodic updates to our aviation industry performance report. The performance metrics were developed in 2002 as a mechanism for monitoring aviation industry trends, including domestic demand and capacity, aviation system performance, airline finances and air service in small communities. Given the intense public interest in the summer of 2007 period, this report will focus specifically on industry performance, during the June through August 2007 period. Record numbers of passengers, coupled with constraints on capacity growth by the airlines, yielded record high passenger load factors for domestic airlines during the summer of 2007. However, flight disruptions and long delays led to a sharp rise in consumer complaints. Consequently, industry performance has captured the attention of many constituencies, including Congress, the Secretary of Transportation and notably the President of the United States."
United States. Department of Transportation
2007-12-27
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Chapter II Freight Flows
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Chapter III the Freight Transportation System
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Chapter IV the Freight Transportation Industry
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Chapter I The Nation Served by Freight
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Chapter V Safety, Energy, and Environmental Consequences of Freight Transportation
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy...Growing demand for freight transportation heightens concerns about its safety, energy consumption, and environmental consequences. Most of our current knowledge is in safety, with some in energy consumption. More information is needed to understand and fix freight-related environmental issues."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Freight Facts and Figures 2006 Appendix A Selected Metric Tables
"Freight Facts and Figures 2006 is a snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental consequences of freight transportation. This snapshot helps planners, decision-makers, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the global economy."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-11
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Oversight of Airport Improvement Program Hurricane Grants
"This report presents the results of our review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of funds provided to airports to repair damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. FAA funds capital improvements for airports through its Airport Improvement Program (AIP). As part of this program, FAA maintains discretionary grant funds1 that can be used to help airport operators fund projects, such as runway and taxiway construction and rehabilitation, land acquisition, and airfield lighting and signage. AIP discretionary funds generally cannot be used for construction of terminals or hangars or to fund non-aviation development, such as parking lots and retail space. After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in August and September of 2005, FAA moved quickly to provide airport grantees with discretionary funding remaining from its 2005 budget to help them resume normal operations as soon as possible. Unlike the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund did not have a separate relief fund to use for emergency repairs."
United States. Department of Transportation
2006-12-13
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Effects of Catastrophic Events on Transportation System Management and Operations: Baltimore, MD-Howard Street Tunnel Fire-July 18, 2001
"This report documents the actions taken by transportation agencies in response to the earthquake in Northridge, California on January 17, 1994, and is part of a larger effort to examine the impacts of catastrophic events on transportation system facilities and services. The findings documented in this report are a result of a detailed literature search on Northridge lessons learned."
United States. Department of Transportation
2002-07
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Incident Management Successful Practices: A Cross-Cutting Study
This document is one in a series of products designed to help the reader provide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) solutions that meet local and regional transportation needs.
United States. Department of Transportation
2000-04
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Policy Guidance Concerning Recipients' Responsibilities to Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons
"The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is publishing guidance concerning services and policies by recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department of Transportation related to persons with limited English proficiency. The guidance is based on the prohibition against national origin discrimination in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as it affects limited English proficient persons."
United States. Department of Transportation
2005-12-14
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Incident Management: Detection, Verification, and Traffic Management
"Traffic incidents are obstructions or restrictions to traffic flow, such as stalled vehicles, accidents, construction and maintenance activities, adverse weather conditions, or special events. Experts estimate that 65 percent of traffic congestion is caused by incidents. Incident detection, verification, and traffic management is the process of identifying, verifying, responding to, and clearing the incident and then restoring normal traffic flow. This report summarizes and interprets recent findings from Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Field Operational Test (FOT) projects in the field of incident management. [...]The findings summarized from these projects can help ITS professionals move rapidly to develop and deploy state-of-the-art incident detection, verification, and traffic management systems. This report highlights the successes and problems these tests encountered while attempting to develop the technologies and systems to support incident management."
United States. Department of Transportation
1998-09
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2004 Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Incident
This document provides guidance to aid first responders in quickly identifying specific or generic hazards of materials involved in an incident, and protecting themselves and the general public during the initial response phase of an incident. This document was updated in 2008.
United States. Department of Transportation
2004-09-01?
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Report of the Secretary's Rapid Response Team on Airport Security
This report addresses the security issues that arise at airports in connection with travel on commercial airlines. To build on the President's proposals and make the Nation's airports more secure, the Rapid Response Team outlines a detailed discussion of specific actions to follow.
United States. Department of Transportation
2001-10-01
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Hazardous Materials Safety
This is a brochure issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation about hazardous materials safety.
United States. Department of Transportation
2009-02-12?
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Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis 2003 Annual Report (Formerly SAMIS)
The Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis 2003 Annual Report, formerly known as Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS), is a compilation and analysis of transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds during 2003. A redesign of the NTD for calendar year 2002 has resulted in Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Rail Accident/Incident Reporting System (RAIRS) now being the source of commuter rail safety data.
United States. Department of Transportation
2005-12-01?
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Computer-Aided Dispatch - Traffic Management Center Field Operational Test: State of Utah Final Report
This report provides detail about the integration of the Utah Highway, Patrol, the Utah Department of Transportation, the Salt Lake City Fire and Police Departments, the Utah Transit Authority, and the Valley Emergency Communications Center information systems to enable the real-time exchange of incident data.
United States. Department of Transportation
Science Applications International Corporation
2006-07
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Best Practices for Road Weather Management: Version 2.0
"There is a perception that transportation managers can do little about weather. However, three types of mitigation measures may be employed in response to environmental threats: advisory, control, and treatment strategies. Advisory strategies provide information on prevailing and predicted conditions to both transportation managers and motorists. Control strategies alter the state of roadway devices to permit or restrict traffic flow and regulate roadway capacity. Treatment strategies supply resources to roadways to minimize or eliminate weather impacts. Many treatment strategies involve coordination of traffic, maintenance, and emergency management agencies. These road weather management strategies are employed in response to various weather threats including fog, high winds, snow, rain, ice, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, and avalanches. This report contains 30 case studies of systems in 21 states that improve roadway operations under inclement weather conditions. Each case study has six sections including a general description of the system, system components, operational procedures, resulting transportation outcomes, implementation issues, as well as contact information and references. Appendix A presents an overview of environmental sensor technologies. Appendix B is an acronym list. Appendix C contains online resources, including 39 statewide road condition web sites. Appendix D tabulates hundreds of road weather publication titles, abstracts and sources."
United States. Department of Transportation
Goodwin, Lynette C.
2003-05
