The Optimal Placement of FSP Tow Trucks

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