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Updated 8:00 AM EST, November 12, 2008
Deployment Statistics

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Metropolitan Surveys
Number of cities surveyed in 2004: 108 Number of cities surveyed in 2005: 78 Number of cities surveyed in 2006: 108 Number of cities surveyed in 2007: 108
Public Safety (Law Enforcement)
Fleet Characteristics	Year*
Total number of emergency response vehicles equipped with on-board navigation capability (i.e., digital map)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of emergency response vehicles under a computer-aided dispatch system (CAD)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of emergency response vehicles with traffic signal system communications (i.e., signal preemption)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of emergency response vehicles with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)	2004		2006	2007
Traffic Incident Management Team	Year*
Participation in a team that meets on a regular basis to evaluate and improve coordinated incident response and to address traffic problems as well	2004	2005	2006	2007
Participation in a formal multi-agency regional or statewide program to coordinate management of traffic incidents that contains strategic planning, a program plan, and annual work plan	2004
Participation in a statewide disaster planning program	2004
Traffic Incident Management	Year*
Electronic sharing of real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents with other law enforcement agencies	2004
Electronic sharing of real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents with fire and rescue agencies	2004
Electronic sharing of real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents with local transportation agencies	2004
Electronic sharing of real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents with state transportation agencies	2004
Multi-agency contact list has been developed in your area containing the names, phone numbers, pager numbers, and other pertinent information for the appropriate response personnel	2004
Incident Management (Incident Command) System used on-scene to manage traffic incidents	2004
Legal specification by state law or formal agreement as to who is in charge at the scene of a traffic incident (Incident Commander)	2004
Plan has been developed and adopted by responding agencies for staging and parking response vehicles and equipment at a traffic incident site in a manner that minimizes lane blockage and facilitates the re-opening of lanes	2004
Respondents protected through law or court opinion for liability claims for damages to vehicles or cargoes during clearance activities so long as the removal was not done in a careless or grossly negligent manner	2004
State or local jurisdiction has a law that requires drivers involved in a property-damage only accident (where vehicles can be driven) to move the vehicles from travel lanes to a safe location to exchange information or wait for police	2004
Laws or policies regarding the removal of stalled or abandoned vehicles from freeway shoulders	2004
Length of time abandoned vehicles are allowed to remain on a freeway shoulder (assuming they are not an imminent hazard)	2004
Policies and procedures to facilitate quick removal of heavily damaged vehicles and non-hazardous cargoes in your metropolitan area	2004
Automated measuring equipment (such as Photogrammetry or Total Station equipment) is used to investigate (measure and document) major traffic incidents	2004		2006	2007
Handling of towing dispatched to incidents	2004
Separate lists kept for more specialized towing and recovery vehicles (heavy tows or recovery)	2004
Towers are required to be certified under the Towing and Recovery Association of America�s National Driver Certification Program	2004
Agency operates or manages motorist assistance patrol or service patrol	2004
Agency that usually directs traffic on-scene at major traffic incidents	2004
On-scene responders to traffic incidents from your agency are familiar with standards for traffic control specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)	2004
Operations	Year*
Responding to emergencies, when required, without lights and siren using signal preemption	2004
Method of interface with traffic management	2004
Information provided to a Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS)	2004
Access to Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) data	2004		2006	2007
Access to information collected by vehicle event recorders (black box)	2004
Dispatch	Year*
Tracking vehicle location with AVL to aid CAD	2004
Agencies with which CAD is interoperable	2004
Sharing AVL data with other CAD systems	2004
CAD data is filtered (remove enforcement data) and transferred in real time to traffic management (as well as CARS or 511)	2004
Weather information helps in planning dispatch	2004
Computing travel time and distance	2004
National ITS Standards	Year*
Using NTCIP 1202 - Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller Units	2004
Using NTCIP 1210 - Objects for Signal Systems Master	2004
Using NTCIP 1211 - Objects for Signal Control Priority	2004
Using NTCIP 1203 - Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs	2004
Using NTCIP 1204 - Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations	2004
Using NTCIP 1205 - Objects for CCTV Camera Control	2004
Using NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices	2004
Using NTCIP 1207 - Object Definitions for Ramp Meter Control	2004
Using NTCIP 1208 - Object Definitions for Video Switches	2004
Using NTCIP 1209 - Object Definitions for Transportation Sensor System	2004
Using NTCIP 1213 - Electrical and Lighting Mgmt System Interoperability & Intercommunications Std	2004
Using NTCIP 1301 - Weather Report Message Set for ESS	2004
Using ITE 9603-1 - Application Programming Interface (API) Standard for the Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC)	2004
Using ITE 9603-2 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Cabinet	2004
Using ITE 9603-3 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Standard Specification for the Type 2070 Controller	2004
Using ITE TM 1.03 - Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD)	2004
Using ITE TM 2.01 - Message Sets for External TMC Communication (MS/ETMCC)	2004
Using NTCIP 1602 - Generic Reference Model for C2C Communications	2004
Weather	Year*
Agency receives weather products tailored to particular requirements	2004
Response and Recovery	Year*
Monitoring of early warning alerting and advisory systems to identify emergencies			2006	2007
Use of integrated ITS and communications technology to coordinate evacuation management with different agencies, including traffic management and transit			2006	2007
Deployment of a dedicated emergency traveler information system			2006	2007
Use of AVL/CAD to assist in locating and assigning appropriate emergency responders to incidents			2006	2007
Use of response routing systems by emergency responders to assist in identifying the quickest safe route to incident locations			2006	2007
Hazardous Materials Management	Year*
Use of vehicle-mounted hardware to track HAZMAT shipment to detect when a shipment deviates from its intended route			2006	2007
Use of roadside detectors to monitor for the presence of hazardous shipments in sensitive areas			2006	2007
Use of driver authentification technology to confirm that the individual operating a HAZMAT vehicle is authorized to do so			2006	2007
Use of technology to provide assistance to commercial vehicle operators via electronic route planning services			2006	2007
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