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4. Title and Subtitle

MODELING TRANSIT ISSUES UNIQUE TO HURRICANE EVACUATIONS: NORTH CAROLINA'S SMALL URBAN AND RURAL AREAS	5. Report DateDecember 2001
6. Performing Organization Code
7. Author(s)JUDY A. PERKINS, Ph.D., IBIBIA K. DABIPI, Ph.D, AND LEE D. HAN, Ph.D.

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Urban Transit Institute/Transportation Institute

NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411	10. Work Unit No.
11. Contract or Grant No.DTRS98-G-0033
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

US Department of Transportation

Research and Special Programs Administration, Washington, DC 20590	13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final December 2001

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15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract

The major focus of the research project was to model transit issues associated with hurricane evacuation planning. However, the specific objectives were to use a traffic operations based hurricane evacuation model to determine the expected time to evacuate the entire population; identify the locations of the potential traffic bottlenecks; and assess traffic operation strategies aimed at mitigating the resulting congestion. Since some sectors of the population, specifically the elderly and disabled, may not be able to evacuate by their own means, this project also presents a methodology to determine the scheduling of buses to be used for that purpose. The methodology is presented in the form of case studies that analyze the use of buses during a hurricane evacuation of a small urban and rural area located in the state of North Carolina.
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Hurricane Evaucation Analysis, Modeling Transit Buses, North Carolina Urban and Rural Areas	18. Distribution Statement

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73	22. Price

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