Influence of demand and capacity in transportation simulations of short-notice, distant-tsunami evacuations
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Publication Date
2020-09-14
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2010
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2017
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Henry, K.D., Peters, J., and Wood, N.J., 2020, Influence of demand and capacity in transportation simulations of short-notice, distant-tsunami evacuations: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92TK6BS.
Summary
Distant tsunamis require short-notice evacuations in coastal communities to minimize threats to life safety. Given the available time to evacuate and potential distances out of hazard zones, coastal transportation planners and emergency managers can expect large proportions of populations to evacuate using vehicles. A community-wide, short-notice, distant-tsunami evacuation is challenging because it creates a sudden, significant, and concentrated demand on road-network systems. Transportation planners and emergency managers need methods to help them determine if a road network can handle an evacuation surge and if not, where interventions can best reduce overall clearance times. We use the coastal community of Bay Farm Island (City [...]
Summary
Distant tsunamis require short-notice evacuations in coastal communities to minimize threats to life safety. Given the available time to evacuate and potential distances out of hazard zones, coastal transportation planners and emergency managers can expect large proportions of populations to evacuate using vehicles. A community-wide, short-notice, distant-tsunami evacuation is challenging because it creates a sudden, significant, and concentrated demand on road-network systems. Transportation planners and emergency managers need methods to help them determine if a road network can handle an evacuation surge and if not, where interventions can best reduce overall clearance times. We use the coastal community of Bay Farm Island (City of Alameda, California, USA) and the distant tsunami threat posed by Aleutian-Alaskan earthquakes as a case study to explore the use of agent-based, transportation simulation to support short-notice, tsunami-evacuation planning. Results include estimates of varying scenarios of vehicle demand during an evacuation, evacuation clearance time estimations across these scenarios, and a selection of clearance time estimations for varying strategies to improve evacuation, including route choice, demand reduction, and capacity improvements.
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Wood, N., Henry, K., and Peters, J., 2020, Influence of demand and capacity in transportation simulations of short-notice, distant-tsunami evacuations: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, v. 7, p. 100211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100211.
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