Hurricane Evacuation Modeling Package

The overall objective of this study is to incorporate the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) hurricane evacuation models and the data on which they operate into a single, user-friendly computer package. The intention is that the program will provide Emergency Managers with a convenient means of estimating the consequences of alternative emergency management decisions before they need to make them, and so be able to select the decision scenario that they consider will produce the best outcome. The specific objectives of this research are to establish a hurricane demand estimation package built on an existing transportation planning package platform incorporating the models developed by the LTRC, and to translate estimates of hurricane evacuation demand into statistics that Emergency Managers will find useful in making informed management decisions during the onset of a hurricane.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $381374
• Contract Numbers:

  17-3SS

  1000159

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245
• Project Managers:

  Zeringue, Kirk

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Principal Investigators:

  Wilmot, Chester

  Gudishala, Ravindra

• Start Date: 20170201
• Expected Completion Date: 20190131
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency management; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Information dissemination
• Identifier Terms: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01625558
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 17-3SS, 1000159
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 6 2017 9:29AM