Development of a multimodal transportation educational virtual appliance (MTEVA) to study congestion during extreme tropical events.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Final report to the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS)
• Creators:
  Sheng, Y. Peter ; Davis, Justin R. ; Figueiredo, Renato J. ; Pardalos, Panos M.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Florida. Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering ; University of Florida. Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic congestion
  • Traffic flow
  • Travel behavior
  • Travel
  • Multimodal transportation
  • Weather
  • Weather conditions
  • Wet weather
  • Hurricanes
  • Traffic congestion
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  2009-012
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Florida. Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation
• Abstract:
  In this study, a prototype Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance (MTEVA) is developed to assist in transportation and cyberinfrastructure undergraduate education. This initial version of the MTEVA provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to a modeling system which couples a storm surge and inundation model with congestion models for emergency situations in a simple hypothetical domain. As part of the development process, a preliminary suite of educational content is developed based on interactive simulations which can be performed using the coupled system. Finally, a group of graduate students is surveyed about their attitudes about the MTEVA. Analysis of the survey responses showed that the participants believe that the MTEVA significantly aids in their understanding of key science topics: storm surge and inundation, optimization and transportation engineering.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24715/dot_24715_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.79 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fdd6b4a2025eaed026b2cd5b4996a69a4bbf6a7803c917ed76f1af4828a40dee