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Transit-Based Emergency Evacuation with Transit Signal Priority in Sudden-Onset Disaster
Joint Authors
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study presents methods of transit signal priority without transit-only lanes for a transit-based emergency evacuation in a sudden-onset disaster.
Arterial priority signal coordination is optimized when a traffic signal control system provides priority signals for transit vehicles along an evacuation route.
Transit signal priority is determined by “transit vehicle arrival time estimation,” “queuing vehicle dissipation time estimation,” “traffic signal status estimation,” “transit signal optimization,” and “arterial traffic signal coordination for transit vehicle in evacuation route.” It takes advantage of the large capacities of transit vehicles, reduces the evacuation time, and evacuates as many evacuees as possible.
The proposed methods were tested on a simulation platform with Paramics V6.0.
To evaluate and compare the performance of transit signal priority, three scenarios were simulated in the simulator.
The results indicate that the methods of this study can reduce the travel times of transit vehicles along an evacuation route by 13% and 10%, improve the standard deviation of travel time by 16% and 46%, and decrease the average person delay at a signalized intersection by 22% and 17% when the traffic flow saturation along an evacuation route is 0.8 < V / C ≤ 1.0 and V / C > 1.0 , respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Ciyun& Gong, Bowen. 2016. Transit-Based Emergency Evacuation with Transit Signal Priority in Sudden-Onset Disaster. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103412
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Ciyun& Gong, Bowen. Transit-Based Emergency Evacuation with Transit Signal Priority in Sudden-Onset Disaster. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103412
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Ciyun& Gong, Bowen. Transit-Based Emergency Evacuation with Transit Signal Priority in Sudden-Onset Disaster. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103412
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1103412