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Title:

Elementary Students' Evacuation Route Choice in a Classroom: A Questionnaire-Based Method

Accession Number:

01623099

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Children’s evacuation is a critical but challenging issue. Unfortunately, existing research fails to effectively describe children’s evacuation behavior, which is probably due to the lack of empirical/experimental data. In this paper, an experiment based on a questionnaire designed as a printed map is conducted with children aged 8-12 years to investigate children’s route choice behavior during the process of evacuation. 173 effective questionnaires were obtained, and the corresponding data is analyzed. The statistical results demonstrate that position, congestion, group behavior, and backtracking behavior have significant impacts on children’s route choice, while gender and guidance have no prominent impacts, and age prominently impacts backtracking behavior exclusively. The above findings may help engineers devise effective evacuation schemes for children.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABR30 Standing Committee on Emergency Evacuations. Alternate title: What Influences Children's Evacuation Route Choice? A Questionnaire-Based Method

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-03064

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Chen, Liang
Tang, Tie-Qiao
Huang, Hai-Jun
Song, Ziqi

Pagination:

10p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Classrooms

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-03064

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 11:09AM