Determining the Relation between Fire Engine Travel Times and Travel Distances in New York City

Peter Kolesar, Warren Walker and Jack Hausner
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Peter Kolesar: The City College, New York, New York
Warren Walker: New York City-Rand Institute, New York, New York
Jack Hausner: New York City-Rand Institute, New York, New York

Operations Research, 1975, vol. 23, issue 4, 614-627

Abstract: A simple physical model of the way fire engines travel leads to the hypothesis that T , the average fire engine travel time, depends on D , the distance travelled according to T ( D ) = 2( D / a ) 1/2 if D ≦ d and T ( D ) = v c / a + D / v c if D > d . The parameter a can be interpreted as an acceleration and v c as a cruising velocity. A field experiment was run, and the above model validated and the parameters estimated, for New York City. It was also found that regional traffic conditions and hour of day appear to have only minor effects on average response velocities.

Date: 1975
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