Transportation 2035 - State of Rhode Island: Division of Planning

December 2012Rhode Island’s Incident Management Task Force (IMTF) is a process that has been in place for several years to planfor, monitor, and de-brief from non-recurring congestion due to incidents. The RIDOT/TMC supports this TaskForce, members of which include state and local police officers, E-911 staff, RIEMA staff and others. The goal is toclear incidents as quickly as possible and restore normal flow of traffic.DATASources of speed and volume data are now readily available from the TMC to reliably measure and quantify thetravel conditions from day to day. These continuous data sets, along with Traffic.com, and other non-recurringcongestion measures (number and duration of construction activities, the number of incidents such asbreakdowns and accidents, and the average clearance time for incidents), these measures can give some insightsto the extent of both recurring and non-recurring congestion. In 2011 RIDOT went live with real time travel timesdisplayed on some of the Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) that are located at strategic geographic points on theinterstate and major highways. The TMC collects travel times on over a dozen segments of I-95 in Rhode Islandfor both north and south bound traffic.Travel times collected for I-95 southbound include:From: Exit 30 (Middle Street, Pawtucket)To: Exit 22 (Downtown Providence)Exit 19 (I-195 EB) to Exit 13 (T.F. Green Airport)Exit 9 (RT 4, North Kingstown)Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)From: Exit 26 (Lonsdale Ave, Pawtucket)To: Exit 22 (Downtown Providence)Exit 19 (I-195 EB)Exit 13 (Airport)Exit 9 (RT 4, North Kingstown)Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)From: Exit 22 (Memorial Blvd, Downtown Providence)To: Exit 13 (Airport)Exit 9 (RT 4, North Kingstown)Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)From: Exit 16 (RT 10, Cranston)To: Exit 13 (Airport)Exit 9 (RT 4, North Kingstown)Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)From: Exit 10 (RT 117, Warwick)To: Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)From: Exit 6 (RT 3, West Greenwich)To: Exit 5 (RT 102, West Greenwich)Exit 1 (RT 3, Hopkinton)Transportation 2035 (2012 Update)State Guide Plan Element 611Rhode Island Statewide Planning ProgramA-7