摘要: |
The responsibility for managing the Washington Metropolitan Region's transportation system is divided between the states of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia and within the two states, is further sub-divided between counties and municipalities. Incident management and response, in particular on the Capital Beltway, may involve response personnel from each of the jurisdictions as well as from neighboring counties and municipalities. A major concern in the region at present is the lack of an integrated communications system that would enable these jurisdictions to communicate directly with each other. To address this concern, the states of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia have established a partnership to implement the Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN) project. Through the CapWIN project, an integrated transportation and public safety information wireless network will be developed and implemented for the Washington Metropolitan Region. Based on Phase I study results, a decision was made to include the CapWIN project in the National Evaluation Program. Under Phase II, the evaluation team is expected to complete work through the baseline data collection and analysis stage of the evaluation. This report presents the evaluation plan required for the CapWIN Phase II project. The evaluation will focus on the transportation-related impacts of CapWIN, and data collection efforts will center on incident response and emergency management activities. The evaluation will also assess how the use of CapWIN can improve interagency and interjurisdictional coordination of emergency management response activities. |