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Travel Time Forecasting and Dynamic Routes Design for Emergency Vehicles

Year: 2013

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: A framework to dynamically design routes of emergency vehicles taking into account within-day variations of link travel times on a road network is presented. The framework integrates two modelling components: (i) a within-day dynamic assignment model that simulates the interaction between the time-varying network and travel demand, and (ii) a dynamic vehicle routing model that design optimal routes of emergency vehicles. The linking variable of the two modelling components is the short-term forecasted travel time, which allows to design routes of emergency vehicles based on anticipatory knowledge of traffic dynamics on the road network. Some procedures of the proposed framework are calibrated and validated in an experimental evacuation test site.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.603

Authors: Giuseppe Musolino, Antonio Polimeni, Corrado Rindone, Antonino Vitetta

Institution: University of Reggio Calabria

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca