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Title: EMERGENCY EVACUATION: ENSURING SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION OUT OF ENDANGERED AREAS
Accession Number: 00939828
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Two recent events have demonstrated the critical need to improve the efficiency and management of evacuations: Hurricane Floyd along the coastal areas of the southeastern United States in 1999 and the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. Programs are under way to improve transportation operations during the evacuation of an area under threat of natural or man-made disaster. This article reviews the initiatives, strategies, techniques, and technologies to keep the transportation infrastructure from being overwhelmed by evacuation-level traffic demand.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wolshon, BMeehan, B HPagination: p. 3-9
Publication Date: 2003-1
Serial: Features: Photos; References
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Mar 25 2003 12:00AM
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