Emergency Evacuation Report Card 2006

This report evaluates the initial evacuation capacity for 37 urban areas whose population exceeds 1,000,000 - the largest urban areas in the United States. It provides estimates of the comparative capacity of highways systems in two ways - (1) internal traffic circulation that enables the vehicles to reach their exits, and (2) exit capacity. It also presents information on evacuation planning for those households that do not have access to a vehicle. The report notes that 25 urban areas could have more difficulty evacuating during an emergency than New Orleans experienced during and after Hurricane Katrina.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.highways.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Evacuation_Study-FINAL.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  American Highway Users Alliance

  1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Cox, Wendell
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Cities; Disaster preparedness; Disaster relief; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency transportation; Evacuation; Highway capacity; Highways; Motor vehicles; Public transit; Ratings; Transportation planning; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency planning
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036606
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2006 7:27AM