Mesoscopic Evacuation Modeling for Small- to Medium-Sized Metropolitan Areas

Modeling and developing different evacuation scenarios gained significant interest in recent years, where the management of the transportation system in support of evacuation efforts proved to be critical in mitigating the impacts of regional emergency events. However, most of the evacuation modeling efforts focused on large urban areas due to the recurrence of the regional emergency event, resources availability, and data availability. For urban areas that are classified as small- and medium-size metropolitan areas, confusion still exists at the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) level on how to develop effective and practical evacuation plans. This study aims to develop a methodology for supporting effective decision making and testing emergency scenarios while taking into account various factors and their effect on public safety. The focus of this study is on developing an evacuation model for urban areas utilizing the resources available to MPOs and obtaining local evacuation data, which include human behavior data from a local household survey. A case study is developed using Fargo-Moorhead Council of Government’s travel demand model integrated with DYNASMART-P software. The modeling approach provides direct connectivity with the regional model, and the hybrid model incorporates a traffic generation component into the regional model along with dynamic supply.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=663
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Naser, Mohammad
  • Birst, Shawn C
• Publication Date: 2010-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 91p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Emergency management; Evacuation; Medium sized cities; Mesoscopic traffic flow; Small cities; Traffic simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Evacuation modeling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01207875
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 10-222
• Files: UTC, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 2010 2:50PM