Transit evacuation planning : two case studies.

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• Creators:
  Turner, Daniel ; Lindly,Jay ; Kumlachew, Menasse ; Hauser, Edd ; Elmes, Sherry
• Corporate Creators:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Evacuation
  • Traffic flow
  • Mathematical models
  • Simulation
  • Evacuation of civilians--Planning
  • Traffic flow--Simulation methods
  • Traffic flow--Mathematical models.
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama
• Edition:
  Final Report; $b Jan 1, 2008-May 2010.
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  This project addresses the emergency transit evacuation of individuals without personal vehicles or the ; means to acquire them during extreme coastal events. It is a joint effort of the University Transportation ; Center for Alabama (UTCA) and the Center for Transportation Policy Studies (CTPS) at the University of ; North Carolina Charlotte, and uses Mobile, AL, and Wilmington, NC, as simultaneous case studies. The ; research provided insight into the population most at risk (vulnerable population) and key factors in planning ; for transit evacuation of that group. ; Some of the primary contributions of this research were: (1) identification of characteristics of members of ; the vulnerable population, (2) use of current guidance to estimate the potential size of the transit-dependent ; population during a major hurricane event, (3) documentation of the large gap between the estimated number ; of evacuees and the much smaller number that actually evacuated in recent Alabama and North Carolina ; hurricanes, and (4) providing information on how to effectively communicate with these individuals before, ; during, and after an emergency evacuation. ; In addition to conducting these case studies, the authors identified multiple topics that should be resolved to ; improve transit evacuation of the vulnerable population. These include the need for a research framework to ; identify and prioritize major issues that hinder transit evacuation, the lack of involvement by emergency ; communication experts, the lack of evaluation of the effectiveness of evacuation communication plans, and ; the need for a national clearinghouse of information on communication with and evacuation of the ; vulnerable population.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18444/dot_18444_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6255e184b6766fa7d5626f51ea883a8249190dbdec75e2c7e35fe4e1b6a9fdee