@article{ref1,
title="Mill Valley evacuation study",
journal="Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives",
year="2024",
author="Pierce, Damien and Chen, Yi-fan",
volume="23",
number="",
pages="e101021-e101021",
abstract="Traffic evacuation planning can be essential in saving lives in case of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires. We build on a case study of traffic evacuation planning for the city of Mill Valley, CA. We run a microscopic traffic simulator to examine various evacuation scenarios. We modify some crucial aspects of a previous study to make the simulation more pertinent. For a citywide evacuation, we quantify the importance of decreasing the number of vehicles per household. We find a set of changes that can significantly reduce the evacuation time by routing more traffic to the least-used highway on-ramps. We show results when evacuating various areas of the city one at a time.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2590-1982",
doi="10.1016/j.trip.2024.101021",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101021"
}