01506252

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2376-02

http://scholar.google.com...rell&publication_year=2013

In a large-scale urban evacuation necessitated by a disaster, many people can evacuate in their own automobiles, but evacuating individuals and families who do not have cars poses a great logistical challenge that many cities, counties, and states cannot overcome. Most emergency operations plans for large urbanized areas are insufficient in describing in specific and measurable terms how a major evacuation could be successfully conducted. This study systematically reviews the challenge of multimodal evacuation planning and presents a detailed literature review of published research and government documents to identify barriers to the enhancement of multimodal evacuation planning through the use of high-capacity vehicles to transport those who cannot evacuate on their own. Findings suggest that despite knowledge about multimodal transportation and the importance of integrating multimodalism into evacuation planning, most state and local governments do not apply the planning processes, training exercises, and resources necessary to evacuate households without automobiles. A research agenda for furthering multimodal evacuation planning is outlined, and recommendations are made for providing adequate multimodal transport during large-scale urban evacuations.

01505854

13-2084

English

pp 11–19

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309286954

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References (48)

Disaster preparedness; Emergency transportation; Evacuation; Literature reviews; Multimodal transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas

Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:28PM

• Empirical Evacuation Response Curve During Hurricane Irene in Cape May County, New Jersey
• Learning from Crisis: Transit Evacuation in Honolulu, Hawaii, After Tsunami Warnings
• Modeling of Bus Transit Driver Availability for Effective Emergency Evacuation in Disaster Relief
• No-Notice Evacuation Management: Ramp Closures Under Varying Budgets and Demand Scenarios
• Predictive Quality of a Time-Dependent Sequential Logit Evacuation Demand Model
• Roundabout Performance Evaluation in a Network Evacuation: A Case of Intelligent Decomposed Network Simulations
• Sensitivity of Evacuation Performance Estimates to Evacuee Route Choice Behavior
• Using National Household Travel Survey Data for the Assessment of Transportation System Vulnerabilities