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SHRP 2 L11: Final Appendices
Strategy: 4.2. Post-event
Category: 4. Incident and Special Event Management
Treatments and Impacts
Overall Cost Range*
Low - 200K but < 1
million
High - >1 million
(Unit)** Capital
Cost ($K)
(Unit)** Operation
Cost/year ($K/yr)
Low High Low High
General Cost Info (1, 2, 3)
On-Scene Incident
Management (Incident
Responder Relationship,
High visibility garments,
Clear Buffer zones,
Incident Screens)
High 2400 3450 515 341
- The integrated freeway/incident management system covering 28.9
miles in San Antonio was deployed for approximately $26.6 million.
- The cost to equip a police vehicle in Dane County, Wisconsin for
coordinated interagency incident response was $8,000 to $10,000.
Work Zone Management
Variable (depends if
infrastructure is added or
not)
150 500 15 50
- The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
(AHTD) leased an automated work zone information system in West
Memphis for $495,000.
- The ITS work zone system cost $1.5 million in Albuquerque, NM,
$2.4 million in Lansing, MI.
- Illinois DOT implemented work zone ITS on the I-64 Add-lane
Construction project at a cost of $435,000.
- Based on a study of 17 states, the majority of work zone ITS cost
between $150,000 and $500,000.
Notes:
* Overall Cost Range applies to the application of a treatment in roadway segment or corridor. For example, several DMS can be installed along a important
route.
**Unit costs were found by adding the unit cost of different equipment for each treatment. This methodology does not apply to all treatments (e.g., TMC,
Integrated Multimodal Corridors, etc.)
References:
1. Rita ITS Database - http://www.itsoverview.its.dot.gov/. Accessed November 19, 2009
2 Robert P. Maccubbin, Barbara L. Staples, Firoz Kabir, Cheryl F. Lowrance, Michael R. Mercer, Brian H. Philips, Stephen R. Gordon. Intelligent
Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned: 2008 Update. FHWA-JPO-08-032. Sep., 2008.
3. Hadi, M. and Sinha, P. Intelligent Transportation System Deployment Analysis System Customization: Technical Memorandum No.4 - Florida-Specific
Intelligent Transportation System Deployment Costs. Florida DOT, Traffic Engineering and Operations Office, ITS Section. Aug., 2005
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