Controlled Field Testing: Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) Operational Test. Task 2 Technical Memorandum: Final Report

1996PDFResearch PaperIntelligent transportation systemsField testsEmergency response timePedestrian-vehicle crashesEvaluation and assessmentCommunication systemsData collectionEmergency road servicesEmergency servicesEvaluationField testsProceduresPuSHMe projectPuget Sound Help Me Operational TestRapRequirementsTestingTrainingTransportation planningWashington StateSeattle (Washington)United States. Federal Highway AdministrationDavid Evans and AssociatesIBI GroupUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationWashington (State). Dept. of Transportation. Olympic RegionWashington State PatrolNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATIONNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Freeway ManagementFederal Highway Administration;Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeSafety is a major goal of the National ITS Program. To promote safety, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded a series of Field Operational Tests to evaluate two low-cost emergency and assistance communications and rapid response devices and supporting services. This type of mayday service allows a motorist to report an incident to a service center which alerts a service provider who dispatches aid to the scene. Mayday services can meet the national ITS goal of improving safety by \u201cimproving [emergency, medical] and roadway service response, reducing the number of fatalities and the severity of injuries resulting from a collision, and reducing the number of pedestrian and vehicle collisions secondary to an incident.\u201c The purpose of this Technical Memorandum is to document and analyze the controlled field testing of the Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) project conducted in Seattle, Washington. The intent of the controlled field testing was to concurrently develop and evaluate the procedures for training and conducting the two operational and five specific tests for both systems.93