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Effect of Disruptions on Megaregion Emergency Evacuations: A Pilot Study

项目名称：	Effect of Disruptions on Megaregion Emergency Evacuations: A Pilot Study
摘要：	Emergency planning is essential to protect the health and safety of the public under disaster threats. Traffic simulation has been widely used to support the development of these plans as it captures spatial-temporal conditions during an evacuation and provides insights about the overall clearance process. For example, traffic simulation may support the decision to shelter in-place or evacuate in the event of a nuclear power plant emergency (NUREG/CR 7002); identify resources needed in the event of an evacuation (Murray-Tuite & Wolshon, 2013), etc. Considerations of possible network disruptions are also of particular importance to assist decision makers (Wolshon, 2009). This is because, network disruptions could affect the overall evacuation clearance process. However, few, if any, studies have assessed the effect of network disruptions on emergency evacuations at the megaregional scale. The research proposed here, therefore, seeks to fill this information gap by assessing the effect of various disruptive events on megaregion emergency evacuations. The network disruption events to be assessed in this project could include access restrictions to neighbor cities or states, traffic incidents (e.g. abandoned or disabled vehicles, crashes, etc.), work zones, flooded roads, adverse weather, traffic signal failure, etc.
状态：	Active
资金：	91422
资助组织：	University Transportation Center Program
管理组织：	University Transportation Center Program
项目负责人：	Stearns, Amy
执行机构：	Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2)
主要研究人员：	Wolshon, Brian
开始时间：	20170901
预计完成日期：	20180901
实际结束时间：	0