Goals & Duties

Goals

• Minimize major disruption of freeway traffic flow at incident locations
• Focus on the factors that cause disruption in the flow of traffic and remove those factors
• Relieve congestion and maintain the consistent flow of traffic at incident locations
• Reduce response time to traffic-related incidents

Duties

• Patrol the Atlanta-area freeways, Monday through Friday, from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Patrol same freeways on Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Be on call to respond to incidents outside of the above hours
• Initiate measures to reduce traffic congestion and delays
• Provide support to law enforcement, first-response and other emergency agencies
• Assist in clearing stalled vehicles from the travel lanes
• Help stranded motorists with minor mechanical problems including:
• Change flat tires
• Jump start weak batteries
• Provide fuel, coolant, etc.
• Provide road and travel information
• Provide transportation to safer areas
• Provide courtesy use of a telephone