In project PRIME, methods are developed for improving the incident management process. These include improvements in incident prediction, incident detection, incident verification, and integrated incident management. Models will estimate the likelihood of occurrence of incidents in real time. The models can be used to activate traffic management and control strategies, thus reducing the likelihood of congestion and incidents. Improving the integration of verification messages, particularly those from mobile sources, will lead to shorter incident response times. Integrating incident management strategy aspects, previously built for either motorways or urban networks, can increase the effectiveness of strategies, and road safety. Off-line and online tests will focus on the capabilities of the new techniques, and on the effective use of new information, such as incident estimation and verification. Evaluation will use data from Munich, Southampton and Thessaloniki, with transferability examined at Athens and Barcelona.
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