Learning from Traffic Data: Evacuation Behavior

The objective of this project is to develop access to real-time collection and analysis of traffic data that can be used to inform the evacuation planning process and enhance the efficiency of operations before and after a disaster presents an interesting opportunity. This work identifies ways to use traffic data to better understand evacuation behavior and to explore ways to integrate traffic data into evacuation planning and response. Analysis of this data is performed and the usefulness of this type of data is then discussed. Hurricane Irene provides a rich source of data on actual behavior during a mandatory evacuation that has important implications for future events including developing strategies for improving situational awareness, and post incident review and planning. These issues are important as the perceived increases in frequency and intensity of weather related events mean that there are increasing pressures to address evacuation issues. The use of traffic data will ultimately allow government to better plan and execute evacuations and help make the corridors used for evacuation more resilient.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $38372.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06 G 0026

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Delaware Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 778
  Dover, DE  United States  19901
• Project Managers:

  Tucker-Thomas, Dawn

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Delaware, Newark

  College of Engineering
  Newark, DE  United States  19711
• Principal Investigators:

  McNeil, Sue

• Start Date: 20120901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 30120830
• Source Data: RiP Project 34372

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Real time information; Strategic planning; Traffic data
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Irene, 2011
• Geographic Terms: Delaware
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483213
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Delaware Center for Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06 G 0026
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 6 2013 1:01AM