Scout Traffic Operations Center Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2006 (July 2005 - June 2006)
Introduction:
This report describes the operation and specific activities of the Kansas City Scout
Traffic Operations Center (TOC). Activities for Fiscal Year 2006 (July 2005 - June
2006) are detailed in this report.
Operations Summary:
Incidents
- TOC actively responded to 3,378 incidents
- 54 were within work zones
- 199 involved Big Rigs
- 306 involved injuries
- 26 involved fatalities
- 25 possible secondary incidents
- 156 indicated bad weather as a possible contributing factor
Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)
- 7,919 activations
- 12,643 messages were displayed
Web Site Messages
- 3,880 total messages were posted to the web site including 1,315 for roadwork
Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) Useage
Equipment Operability
- On average, 78% of the Cameras were completely operational
- On average, 90% of the DMS were completely operational
- On average, 52% of the Detector Stations were completely operational, 10% partly functional, 38% non-functional or undetermined
Additional Information
- TOC operators logged 6,267 telephone calls with partner agencies
- The Scout Website received 254,643 visits
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