Project Title: Mitigating the Impact of Transportation Network Disruptions on Evacuation

Submission Date: 1/3/2015PI & Research Transition Lead: Lance Fiondella University of Massachusetts DartmouthCo-PI: Nicholas Lownes University of Connecticut

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Project Objectives:

• Research Goals– Develop methods to assess impact of

disruptions to ground transportation network on evacuation planning.

– Document requirements of a transportation module capable of addressing the 15 National Planning Scenarios (NPS).

• Research Transition Goals– Knowledge product (conference paper).– Initial case study for potential customer.

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DHS Interest and Motivation:

• (Why is DHS interested)– Ground transportation essential for

evacuation in majority of NPS.– Vulnerability assessment promotes

proactive protection.• (Who at DHS are your contacts)

– Kenneth Crowthers, Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI, MITRE Corporation).

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Potential non-DHS Stakeholders:

• Who else (operators/customers) could be interested in your research transition?– Other Federal

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA).

– State and Local (City and County)• Fire, police, emergency medical services, and

other non-traditional first responders.

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Interfaces to Related Research

• (Who else is working on this)– Mike Robinson, Old Dominion University Center

for Innovative Transportation Solutions (CITS).– Pamela Murray-Tuite, Virginia Tech.– Hani Mahmassani, Northwestern University.– Travis Waller, University of New South Wales.

• (Interfaces with others in this field)– Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting.– Direct email correspondence and through co-PI,

Nicholas Lownes, University of Connecticut.

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Research Technical Plan:

• Assessed two dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) tools: Matsim and DTALite.

• Developing expertise in DTALite:–Ongoing work will identify:

• Strategy to incorporate NPS into transportation simulations.

• DTALite code modification required.

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Research Transition Plan:

• Research paper accepted for presentation in April 2015 at the IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security. (http://ieee-hst.org/).

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Milestones and Schedule/Timeline:

• (7/14-8/14) Assess NPS scenarios data flows within SUMMIT tool.

• (7/14-9/14) Evaluate DTA tools.• (10/14-6/15) Develop DTALite expertise.• (4/15-5/15) Document DTALite code

modification required to integrate NPS.• (6/15) Prepare white paper for Resilient

Systems Division.