3D Traffic Simulation for Intermodal Safety and Security

This project involved the construction of a 3-D Miami downtown transportation simulation model to study and visualize the traffic operations of different transportation modes and investigate the impacts of potential security and safety events in the Miami downtown area. The 3-D model (including buildings, highways, and elevated guideways) was constructed using AutoCAD and a Geographic Information System (GIS). A traffic simulation model was built based on Cube Base/Voyager/Dynasim. In this study, the 3-D simulation model was used to access the elapsed time for a specific evacuation scenario. The results show that it would take at least six hours to evacuate the traffic in the downtown area to the nearest external stations for a given emergency event.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Chow, Lee-Fang
  • Zhao, Fang
  • Shen, L David
  • Chi, Hongbo
  • Liu, Xuemei
  • Shan, Jingtao
• Conference:
  • Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation. The Ninth International Conference
  • Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
  • Date: 2006-8-13 to 2006-7-16
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 269-274
• Monograph Title: Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergencies; Emergency management; Emergency response time; Evacuation; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Highway traffic control; Safety and security; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic control centers; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation
• Identifier Terms: AutoCAD (Software)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency evacuations
• Geographic Terms: Miami (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038704
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784407991
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:07AM