Real-Time Decision Support System for Transportation Infrastructure Management under a Hurricane Event

This project will lay the groundwork for the development of a real-time decision support system for transportation infrastructure management under a hurricane event. Beginning with a systematic review of current decision-making practices, this project will investigate hurricane impacts on the critical infrastructures and effects of various traffic control policies on traffic network performance. The project will then identify the optimal traffic control policy to minimize hurricane-induced losses. The intended outcome of the project is to deliver a tool to rapidly identify optimal traffic control policies under hurricane events. This platform will be implemented using three integrated modules, namely, (1) traffic network simulation, (2) traffic control policy evaluation, and (3) identification of the optimal control policy. The direct benefit of the developed platform to the transportation community (and planners/emergency responders) would be immense. It could be used in real time by first responders in hurricane events, by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and state and local Offices of Emergency Services for scenario planning, and by engineers and planners for risk assessment.

• Record URL:
  https://cait.rutgers.edu/research/real-time-decision-support-system-for-transportation-infrastructure-management-under-a-hurricane-event/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $143504
• Contract Numbers:

  CAIT-UTC-REG51

  69A3551847102

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Arup

  77 Water Street
  New York, NY  United States  10005

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058
• Project Managers:

  Carter, Matt

  Szary, Patrick

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Buffalo

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• Principal Investigators:

  Wu, Teng

  Sett, Kallol

• Start Date: 20210201
• Expected Completion Date: 20220131
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision support systems; Disasters and emergency operations; Hurricanes; Infrastructure; Optimization; Real time information; Simulation; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01776218
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: CAIT-UTC-REG51, 69A3551847102
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 7 2021 3:09PM