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Large-Scale Evacuation Using Subway and Bus Transit: Approach and Application in City of Toronto
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Public transportation systems play a significant role in emergency evacuation. Therefore, this paper is geared towards harnessing subway and bus transit to alleviate congestion pressure during evacuation of busy urban ...
Impact of Dynamic and Safety-Conscious Route Guidance on Accident Risk
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Under intelligent transportation systems, dynamic route guidance systems (DRG) provide routing information to motorists based on current traffic conditions on a network. Not enough attention, however, has been given to the ...
Comparative Analysis of Evolutionary, Local Search, and Hybrid Approaches to O/D Traffic Estimation
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper compares the performance of various advanced evolutionary algorithm (EA) techniques to solve the problem of dynamic origin/destination (O/D) estimation. The potential of EA in the dynamic O/D estimation problem ...
Simulation of Exclusive Truck Facilities on Urban Freeways
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of exclusive truck facilities on urban freeway performance. A large-scale regional microscopic traffic simulation model is developed for morning and afternoon peak hours and is used to model ...