Freeway Management Roles and Responsibilities

StakeholderRole and Responsibility
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)Collect measures of effectiveness on the freeway system to aid in monitoring and managing traffic conditions.
Provide resources to support incident management when requested by emergency agencies.
Disseminate transportation related information on DMS and HAR signs and sharing with other agencies in the Kansas City Area.
Coordinate incident response and road closures with local emergency management agencies, public safety agencies, and/or transportation agencies.
Kansas Highway PatrolCoordinate incident response with KDOT and local emergency management agencies, public safety agencies, and/or transportation agencies including road closure.
Provide motorist assistance service to travelers.
 
KDOT / MoDOTCollect measures of effectiveness on the freeway system to aid in monitoring and managing traffic conditions.
Disseminate transportation related information on DMS and HAR signs and sharing with other agencies in the Kansas City Area.
Use the collected information to implement control and response measures (e.g., ramp metering) to restore traffic back to normal operating conditions.
Coordinate incident response and road closures with local emergency management agencies, public safety agencies, and/or transportation agencies.
Perform incident detection and verification through video surveillance.
Provide resources to support incident management when requested by emergency agencies.
Dispatch motorists assistance service / emergency response to travelers.
Provide incident information to local public safety agencies.
KTACollect measures of effectiveness on the freeway system to aid in monitoring and managing traffic conditions.
Operate portable and permanent DMS (planned) to provide information and direct traffic for incident management along the corridor.
MediaCollect incident and disaster information from the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Kansas City area.
Provide incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Kansas City area.
Missouri Department of Public SafetyCoordinate incident response with MoDOT and local emergency management agencies, public safety agencies, and/or transportation agencies including road closure.
Provide motorist assistance service to travelers.
 
MoDOTCollect measures of effectiveness on the freeway system to aid in monitoring and managing traffic conditions.
Coordinate incident response and road closures with local emergency management agencies, public safety agencies, and/or transportation agencies.
Disseminate transportation related information on DMS and HAR signs and sharing with other agencies in the Kansas City Area.
Provide resources to support incident management when requested by emergency agencies.
 
Private Information Service Providers 
Disseminate transportation related information in the Kansas City Area.