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AASHTO Mississippi Valley Conference, Chicago, IL - July 2006

Participating Agencies: Virginia Department of Transportation; Mississippi Valley Conference (AASHTO)

The purpose of this event was to exchange peer knowledge in the ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems), Transportation Security, and Incident Management areas. The Mississippi Valley Conference was held for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The peer participant provided a presentation on the “National Perspective on State Department of Transportation Emergency Traffic Operations and Traffic Incident Management Programs.” He shared his ITS and Security expertise that he gained from working in the Eastern, Southern, and Northwestern regions of the United States.

Contra Flow Evacuation Operations, Orlando, FL - February 2006

Participating Agencies: Alabama DOT; Georgia State Patrol; Louisiana State Police; Mississippi DOT; North Carolina DOT; North Carolina State Highway Patrol; South Carolina Department of Public Safety; Texas DOT; Virginia State Police; Florida DOT

The purpose of this workshop was to bring states together to discuss lessons learned and best practices used during contra-flow evacuation operations. The following states presented information on their Contra-Flow Plans: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The majority of these states had implemented their Contra-Flow Plans in recent years. A core team worked together to gather and summarize the information, and present the initial outcomes to the group on the second day of the workshop. This allowed for all participants to learn from the other states’ Plan deployments.
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