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Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Evacuation, and Logistics of Disaster Recovery 2014

Overview

TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), No. 2459: Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Evacuation, and Logistics of Disaster Recovery 2014 summarizes ways to plan post-disaster operations in a highway network; a model for investigating traffic incident impacts on evacuation times in large-scale emergencies; an approach for assessing climate change vulnerabilities in transportation infrastructure; and a cost assessment of highway bridge networks subjected to extreme seismic events

This TRR also explores mobility benefits of intermediate crossovers on contraflow facilities during hurricane evacuation; mathematical modeling of command-and-control strategies in crowd movement; a network flow solution method for optimal evacuation traffic routing and signal control with nonuniform threats; a simulation study of evacuation routes and traffic management strategies in short-notice emergency evacuation; and accessibility of low-income populations to safe zones during localized evacuations.

In addition, this TRR examines an efficient negative cycle-canceling algorithm for finding the optimal traffic routing for network evacuation with nonuniform threats; modeling and assessment of crossing elimination for no-notice evacuations; effects of phased evacuations on highway networks in megaregions; use of social media data to explore crisis informatics; use of mobile LiDAR data to assess hurricane damage and visualize community vulnerability; and experiences and lessons learned with urban ferries and catastrophic floods.

Operations Area of Practice

    Transit Operations
    Employee Health and Safety
    Performance Management
    Risk Management
    Standards and Specifications
    Communicating Reliability Information
    Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
    Organizational Models
    Planning for Operations
    Hazard Identification
    Road Weather Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Equipment Management
    Infrastructure Protection
    Resilience
    Livability / Environmental Sustainability
    Economic Sustainability
    Adaptation / Resiliency of the Transportation Network

Organizational Capability Element

    Performance Management
    Planning
    Standards and Interoperability
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Road Weather Management
    Technical Understanding
    Program Status/Authorities

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Public
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Maintenance Staff
Technician
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

TRB

Objective

Learning
How-To
Refresher
Prime Contractor
Transportation Research Board
Issue Date
Publication Number
No. 2459