Transportation Issues in Mass Evacuation: From Strategy Definition to Implementation

Evacuation studies on two cities have allowed CETE Lyon (i) to define a methodology to address the issue, (ii) to identify data requirements for the successful completion of the study, (iii) to identify crisis scenarios leading to evacuation in collaboration with the authorities, (iv) to have initial hindsight of result interpretation which relies on assumptions that cannot necessarily be verified on the day of the crisis. In addition, having tested three different methods for evaluating evacuation strategies provides an insight into the benefits/disadvantages of each method. To conclude, recommendations on the appropriate use of traffic models for population evacuation are provided, based on the studies conducted in the two cities. The specific traffic management issues that need to be tackled for a “successful” evacuation will be addressed, providing answers for both traffic operators and decision makers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • El Hage, Abdallah
  • Murard, Frédéric
  • Pierrefeu, Charlotte
  • Clavel, Aurore
  • Sorand, Caroline
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crisis management; Decision making; Evacuation; Highway traffic control; Strategic planning; Traffic models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01529757
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 2014 9:44AM