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Damien Pierce, Yi-fan Chen

Physics and Society · Submitted 14 Jul 2023

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The authors' main claim We find a set of changes that can significantly reduce the evacuation time by routing more traffic to the least-used highway on-ramps.

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arXiv ID2307.07108 (version 1)
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CitationDamien Pierce, Yi-Fan Chen. "Mill Valley Evacuation Study." arXiv:2307.07108 (2023). https://pith.science/paper/SMBZL7WC
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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.

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s0 Traffic evacuation planning can be essential in saving lives in case of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires. background 1.00 0.05 0.03 hedged possibility 0.73
s1 We build on a case study of traffic evacuation planning for the city of Mill Valley, CA. contribution 0.68 0.79 0.02 asserted 0.90
s2 We run a microscopic traffic simulator to examine various evacuation scenarios. method 0.99 0.95 0.02 asserted 0.92
s3 We modify some crucial aspects of a previous study to make the simulation more pertinent. method 0.80 0.88 0.02 asserted 0.91
s4 For a citywide evacuation, we quantify the importance of decreasing the number of vehicles per household. contribution 0.66 0.89 0.14 asserted 0.98
s5 We find a set of changes that can significantly reduce the evacuation time by routing more traffic to the least-used highway on-ramps. result 1.00 0.95 0.74 asserted 1.00
s6 We show results when evacuating various areas of the city one at a time. contribution 0.70 0.91 0.04 asserted 0.98

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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.

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