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Title: Analyzing Evacuation Behavior of Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations in Northern New Jersey
Accession Number: 01157124
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: In the post-Katrina period, researchers and federal agencies involved in evacuation planning have expressed serious concern about the failure of conventional, automobile-oriented evacuation approaches in serving the needs of transportation-disadvantaged populations during times of disaster. This paper provides empirical evidence documenting significant differences between the general population and transportation-disadvantaged groups in their evacuation behavior. The empirical evidence is based on an analysis of household survey data on stated evacuation response to a series of hypothetical disaster scenarios in a seven-county region of northern New Jersey. Discrete choice and regression models demonstrate that potential evacuation behavior among disadvantaged populations could be significantly different from others in terms of evacuation rate, mode choice and destination choice. This evidence highlights the importance of incorporating multi-modal approaches in evacuation plans that fully address the transportation and shelter needs of transportation-disadvantaged populations.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01147878
Report/Paper Numbers: 10-1584
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Deka, DevajyotiCarnegie, JonPagination: 18p
Publication Date: 2010
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: References
(30)
; Tables
(5)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-1584
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 25 2010 10:42AM
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