Analytical Macroscopic Modeling of Voluntary and Mandatory Emergency Evacuation Strategies

This paper will discuss the analytical evacuation network model, EVAQ, and how the model enables forecasting of traffic flow operations on a road network on a wide range of emergency evacuation such as hurricanes, bushfires and floods. This newly proposed model is innovative as it combines voluntary evacuation (with possible pre-trip and en-route decisions) and mandatory evacuation (with prescribed destinations, routes and departure times) within one single generic model framework. The paper will also introduce a dynamic road infrastructure, in which road characteristics such as speed, capacity and flow direction can be time-varying due to the hazard’s progress in space and time and prevailing traffic regulations and control measures. The evacuation model can function as a decision support system for regional authorities and emergency services supervising an evacuation, or assigned to construction an evacuation strategy for planning purposes.

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  Netherlands TRAIL Research School

  Delft,   Netherlands  2600 GA
• Authors:
  • Pel, Adam J
  • Bliemer, Michiel C J
  • Hoogendoorn, Serge P
• Conference:
  • TRAIL in Perspective. Proceedings 2008, 10th International TRAIL Congress
  • Location: Rotterdam , Netherlands
  • Date: 2007-10-14 to 2008-10-15
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 195-211
• Monograph Title: TRAIL in Perspective. Proceedings 2008, 10th International TRAIL Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Fires; Floods; Hazards and emergency operations; Hurricanes; Origin and destination; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01140607
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9789055841127
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 2009 7:19AM