Impact of Providing Real-Time Traffic Information on No-Notice or Short-Notice Evacuation Efficiency – A Case Study

Xie Yuanchang, Arsava Tugba () and Zhang Chao
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Zhang Chao: Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1 University Avenue, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2013, vol. 10, issue 2, 411-431

Abstract: Today’s travelers are able to access real-time traffic information through a variety of options, such as variable message signs and in-vehicle global positioning systems that can receive real-time traffic information. It is important to take into account this technological improvement in modeling emergency evacuations. This research focuses on investigating no-notice or short-notice emergency evacuations necessitated by nuclear power plant accidents. Different from previous studies, the impact of providing real-time traffic information and en-route drivers’ rerouting behavior is explicitly modeled in this research. A case study is conducted that considers various traffic information dissemination strategies. The results suggest that real-time traffic information can play an important role in expediting the evacuation process.

Keywords: evacuation; simulation; real-time traffic information; rerouting; VMS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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