The Optimal Placement of FSP Tow Trucks

摘要

Freeway service patrols (FSP) are a popular means of incident management and control. We address the question of the correct placement of FSP FSP tow trucks as a scarce resource allocation rpoblem. We present a methodology for determining where to place FSP tow trucks so as to maximize the expected reduction in congestion. We illustrate this approach using the I-880 database.