TRANSPORTATION ACTIONS TO REDUCE HIGHWAY EVACUATION TIMES UNDER NATURAL DISASTERS. VOLUME 1. MAIN REPORT

The text reviews the literature on emergency management and focuses on evacuation planning and operation. Two simulation models are presented to test and evaluate highway evacuation plans: (1) MASSVAC, an urban evacuation model, and (2) a rural model that requires less computer time. Both models take as inputs the area and disaster type characteristics, the demographic conditions, and the highway network typology and traffic control operations. Both determine the optimum route for people to follow from a disaster area to shelters, the expected traffic bottlenecks, and the total evacuation time needed for all evacuees to clear the threatened area.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB86-106796/WTS. Volume 2, Technical Appendices.
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Agronomy
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Authors:
  • Hobeika, A G
  • Radwan, A E
  • Jamei, B
  • Sivasailam, D
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 314 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Rural areas; Simulation; Traffic control; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency response
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457116
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSF/ENG-85030
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:39PM