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Transportation security; emergency response and recovery 2008

By: Publication details: Washington DC Transportation research record 2041, 2008Description: 97 sISBN:
  • 9780309113083
Subject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P8167:2041Location: Abstract: This record includes 10 papers that explore reliability and security in transportation networks, intergovernmental cooperation in the conduct of a local government continuity-of-operations exercise, transportation network risk profile for an origin-destination pair, integrated urban evacuation planning framework, and empirical characterization of mass evacuation traffic flow. This issue of the TRR also examines the impact of a hurricane on mobilization time; an emergency evacuation system for Washington, D.C.; the emergency preparedness of the Rhode Island transportation system in the event of a disaster; a simulation-based framework for transportation network management in emergencies; and microscopic versus mesoscopic simulation for the assessment of I-4 contraflow plans.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
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This record includes 10 papers that explore reliability and security in transportation networks, intergovernmental cooperation in the conduct of a local government continuity-of-operations exercise, transportation network risk profile for an origin-destination pair, integrated urban evacuation planning framework, and empirical characterization of mass evacuation traffic flow. This issue of the TRR also examines the impact of a hurricane on mobilization time; an emergency evacuation system for Washington, D.C.; the emergency preparedness of the Rhode Island transportation system in the event of a disaster; a simulation-based framework for transportation network management in emergencies; and microscopic versus mesoscopic simulation for the assessment of I-4 contraflow plans.