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Application of Microscopic Simulation of Traffic Flows in Developing Evacuation Plans for Inhabitants



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Luka Novačko, Sadko Mandžuka and Marjana Petrović

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2014.07.013

Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10 000, Croatia

The paper presents the possibilities of implementing micro-simulation traffic tools in order to develop the evacuation plans. Well elaborated evacuation plans are the basis for alleviating the consequences resulting from emergencies. The simulation tools allow the design and verification of various evacuation planning scenarios with minimisation of costs and time. The paper provides detailed presentation of the basic characteristics of microscopic simulation of traffic flows, as well as examples of their implementation worldwide. The characteristics of the software tools are described through an overview of the basic settings of PTV VISSIM (Planung Transport Verkehrin Städten—Simulations model) program as one of the most significant representatives of these tools. The necessity of implementing the traffic tools in evacuation results from the crucial role of traffic in reducing the consequences of emergencies. These tools allow also a detailed analysis of the output data in order to select a suitable solution. The concluding part of the paper presents an example of evacuation of the population through the Jankomir node as part of the European project “preparedness for evacuation in case of a nuclear accident”. The evacuation was performed through three scenarios in circumstances of higher or lower transport demand.

Evacuation plans, micro-simulation traffic models, nuclear accident, PTV VISSIM.