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Title:

Destination Choice Model for Hurricane Evacuation

Accession Number:

01089286

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

A disaggregate destination choice model for hurricane evacuation was developed with post hurricane Floyd survey data collected in South Carolina in 1999. Because destination choice is a choice between discrete, independent alternatives, the multinomial logit model was selected as a convenient model form. It was used to investigate the effect of risk areas in the path, or projected path, of a hurricane, and destination socioeconomic and demographic characteristics on destination choice behavior. Models were developed for persons evacuating to friends or relatives, or hotels or motels separately. The models were tested by comparing the observed destination choices with predicted values. No significant difference was found.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-0840

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Cheng, Guangxiang
Wilmot, Chester G
Baker, Earl Jay

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (16) ; Tables (2)

Identifier Terms:

Hurricane Floyd, 1999

Uncontrolled Terms:

Discrete choice models

Geographic Terms:

South Carolina

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-0840

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 3:10PM