Transportation system modeling and decision support for catastrophic event planning in the central united states: A case study of St. Louis Area

L. Chang, A. S. Elnashai, B. F. Spencer

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Abstract

Under earthquake impacts, the failure of transportation infrastructure not only hinders normal everyday activities, but also impairs the post-disaster response and recovery, resulting substantial socio-economic losses. This paper describes recent developments of the network loss analysis (NLA) module for transportation system functionality assessment at the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center. Traffic assignment models are used to evaluate the travel delays on the transportation network. The network loss analysis module is demonstrated through a case study of the real-world road network in the seismically vulnerable St. Louis metropolitan area. The MAEViz NLA module is useful to evaluate system performance of transportation systems for emergency management. The results of traffic flow and travel delays provide useful information for emergency managers and relevant government agencies to make emergency response plans for ingress and egress of impacted area (e.g. disaster relief dispatch and evacuation), and to indentify emergency routes and evaluate their performance under extreme events.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTCLEE 2009
Subtitle of host publicationLifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 24 2009
Event2009 ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Conference, TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment - Oakland, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 28 2009Jul 1 2009

Publication series

NameTCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment
Volume357

Other

Other2009 ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Conference, TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOakland, CA
Period6/28/097/1/09

Keywords

  • Decision support systems
  • Dynamic analysis
  • Earthquakes
  • Missouri
  • Planning
  • Transportation networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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