Emergency or unplanned events | TSMO

Things happen that we didn't plan for -- bad weather, fires, hazardous materials spills. These strategies support unplanned events so that we can better address them when they do occur.

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Title	Cost	Technology	Collaboration
Active traffic management	High	High	Medium
Agreement & policy development	Low	Low	High
Congestion pricing	High	High	High
Emergency management coordination	Medium	Medium	High
Emergency vehicle preemption	Medium	Medium	Medium
Geospatial tracking of IRT vehicles using Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) or other similar technology	Medium	Medium	Medium
Highway advisory radio	Low	Low	Low
Parallel route usage & improvements	High	High	High
Planned event or incident signal timing	Medium	Medium	Medium
Ramp metering	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reversible lanes	High	High	High
Road weather information systems	Medium	Medium	Low
Safety analysis & countermeasure selection	Low	Low	Low
Traffic incident management operations	Medium	Medium	High
Traffic management center	High	High	High
Traveler information via 511 telephone, social media & web applications	Medium	High	High
Variable message signs	Medium	Medium	Medium
Variable speed limits	Medium	Medium	Medium
Wrong-way driver detection	Medium	Medium	Medium