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Jackson State University's Institute for Multimodal Transportation Develops Impact Study for Urban Highway Evacuation

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The successful mass evacuation of populations endangered by natural and manmade disasters requires establishment of mass-exit and operational strategies that maximize the proficiency and capacity of multimodal transportation networks. A workable emergency evacuation calls for cautious planning from an integrated system level perspective. Strategies for a variety of scenarios, employing dynamic traffic assignment (DTA), accurate data inputs, and state-of-the-art analytical software that allow an accurate simulation-based analysis of the transportation network, are required . This article examines emergency mass-evacuation strategies for the Greater Jackson Mississippi area, using two DTA models:  DYNASMART-P and DynUST.

Last updated: Thursday, August 29, 2024