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Table 5-19External Factors Considered in the Wisconsin TIME ProgramSpecial Event Planning Tool (25)INCREASING EVENT IMPACTQUESTIONWhat is the effect of construction on traffic?Is there a construction project on any of the corridorsleading to or away from the special event venue?Are there any lane closures?What effect does the event scheduling have on traffic?Is the event scheduled to begin or end during a peakperiod?Is there more than one event beginning or ending at thesame time?What are the weather conditions?Is there a forecast for severe weather before, during, orafter the special event that might affect traffic?Are all human resources available?Is the event scheduled to begin and end during normalworking hours?Are key individuals available if needed?Is all equipment available?Are all facilities available?Is communication equipment working?Is all traffic control equipment available?6. Markley, D.D., N.L. Conrad, andG.S. Rutherford, “Serving the Universityof Washington’s Husky Stadium,”Preprint No. 00113, Preparedfor the 2001 ITE Annual Meetingand Exhibit, Institute of TransportationEngineers, Chicago, Illinois,August 19--22, 2002.7. Rankin, E.A., “A Home Run or Outin Left Field? Transportation Managementfor the New Seattle Mariner’sBaseball Park,” Prepared forthe ITE 1998 Annual Meeting andExhibit, Institute of TransportationEngineers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,1998.8. “2003 U.S. Cellular Field ResidentPermit Parking Program”, ChicagoDepartment of Transportation, Chicago,Illinois, [Online]. Available:Not applicableSomeimpactSomeimpactCRITERIAModerateimpactModerateimpactClear Mild ModerateConsiderableimpactConsiderableimpactNot applicableSeveresummerSevereimpactSevereimpactSeverewinterYes Most Some Few NoneYes Most Some Little Nonehttp://www.ci.chi.il.us/Transportation/Sox/. [2003, April 25].9. Joint Operational Policy Statement,Illinois Department of Transportationand Illinois State Police, February1999.10. A Joint Operations Policy Statement,Washington State Patrol and WashingtonState Department ofTransportation, Washington,February 2002.11. Wrenn, D., “Turnpike Letting DriversGo Free in Heavy Traffic,”Charleston Daily Mail, December 4,2002.12. Townsend, E., “Freshman DelegateWants Bridge Tolls Stopped inBackups,” The Star Democrat, February10, 2003.5EVENT PROFILE POST-EVENT ACTIVITIES DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGOVERVIEW5-37