Introduction:

This report describes the operation and specific activities of the Kansas City Scout Traffic Management Center (TMC). Activities for March 2008 are detailed in this report.

Operations Summary:

Incidents

• TMC actively responded to 368 incidents
• 12 were within a work zone
• 28 involved Big Rigs
• 462 involved injuries
• 2 involved fatalities
• 2 possible secondary incidents
• 16 indicated bad weather as a possible contributing factor

Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)

• 723 activations
• 1,446 messages were displayed

Web Site Messages

• 731 total messages were posted to the web site including 228 for roadwork

Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) Usage

• Not Activated

Equipment Operability

• On average, 95% of the Cameras were completely operational
• On average, 96% of the DMS were completely operational
• On average, 95% of the Detector Stations were completely operational, 2% partly functional, 2% non-functional, and 0% undetermined

Additional Information

• TOC operators logged 549 telephone calls with partner agencies
• The Scout Website had 31,697 visits from 8,947 unique visitors