Buffering in evacuation management for optimal traffic demand distribution

Buffering in evacuation management for optimal traffic demand distribution

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Article ID: iaor20121649
Volume: 48
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 684
End Page Number: 700
Publication Date: May 2012
Journal: Transportation Research Part E
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: simulation
Abstract:

This paper presents a new framework for managing congestion during emergency evacuations. The algorithm allows a long link of the network to be used as a buffer to keep the traffic flow moving in. Concurrently, a detour trigger time is estimated to keep the traffic under‐saturated in the buffer zone and minimize the total travel time. The integration algorithm presented in this paper is an efficient mathematical solution for travel time cost calculation. A case study is presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the traffic demand buffering strategy developed in this research for managing the evacuation flow.

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