Disruptions to Transportation Networks: A Review

Shanjiang Zhu and David Levinson

No 40, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: Travel decisions may be very stable in a familiar environment. Major network disruptions such as the I-35W bridge collapse disrupt habitual behavior. Such ``natural'' experiments provide unique opportunities for behavioral studies, but the time window for such studies is limited. A well-developed methodology is crucial for both data collection and analysis, and thus the soundness of behavioral models , especially in such a limited time window. Therefore, this paper reviews both theoretical and empirical studies on traffic and behavioral impacts of network disruptions. Findings from this paper offers prospective ideas about capturing the impacts of network disruption.

Keywords: Network disruption; Travel survey; Travel behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 R41 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-net and nep-ure
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Published in Network Reliability in Practice Edited by David Levinson, Henry Liu, and Michael Bell. pp. 5-20.

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