Cost

The Northern Virginia Safety Service Patrol (NOVA SSP) had a total annual SSP operating cost of $1,193,511 in FY03 to FY04.

2008
Northern Virginia,Virginia,United States

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Summary Information

The Northern Virginia (NOVA) Safety Service Patrol (SSP) requested a Return on Investment (ROI) study after a significant reduction in its budget resulted in a dimished ability to clear incidents. The ROI study analyzed cost and safety data for Fiscal Year 2003/2004. The NOVA SSP services approximately 198 centerline miles of the NOVA freeway system, including I-395, I-495, I-95, I-66 and Route 267, and uses a one vehicle per one route ratio. It has one manager, 28 patrollers and supervisors, 35 patrol vehicles, 6 pickup trucks, 2 flatbeds, 2 small self-loading wreckers, 2 large wreckers, and 4 incident command vehicles.
Unit Cost Description
Unit Cost (Operations)
Hourly pay rate for SSP patrollers and supervisors
$26.28
Hourly pay rate with 10% overhead for management salaries
$28.91
Rental rate per hour for patrol vehicles
$9.82
Rental rate per hour for wreckers
$17.91


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Source

Assessing the Return on Investment of Freeway Safety Service Patrol Programs

Author: Dougald, L. E., & Demetsky, M. J.

Source Date: 2008


System Cost

Annual Operating Cost $1,193,51

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Application Areas

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Mobilization & Response > Service Patrols

Keywords

freeway service patrol, courtesy patrols, highway helpers, freeway service patrols

Cost ID: 2011-00208