NCHRP Synthesis 392:

Transportation's Role in Emergency Evacuation and Reentry

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Publication Year:2009

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Front Matter	i-x
Summary	1-2	(skim)
Motivation and Objectives	3-3	(skim)
Study Scope	4-4	(skim)
Report Organization	5-5	(skim)
Chapter Two - Background	6-10	(skim)
Evacuation Planning Processes	11-11	(skim)
Phased Evacuations	12-14	(skim)
Traffic Control Devices	15-18	(skim)
Contraflow	19-27	(skim)
Work Zones On Evacuation Routes	28-29	(skim)
Chapter Five - Evacuee Travel Characteristics and Assisted Evacuation	30-30	(skim)
Evacuee Characterization	31-34	(skim)
Carless Evacuation Study Findings	35-37	(skim)
En-Route Data Acquisition and Exchange	38-38	(skim)
Evacuee Guidance	39-39	(skim)
Internal Information Exchange	40-40	(skim)
Reentry Issues	41-41	(skim)
Entry Management Restrictions	42-46	(skim)
Survey of Practice	47-53	(skim)
Case Illustrations	54-63	(skim)
Chapter Nine - Conclusions and Futures Needs	64-66	(skim)
References	67-71	(skim)
Bibliography	72-73	(skim)
Appendix A - Emerging Knowledge and Technologies	74-84	(skim)
Appendix B - Emergency Management Roles and Processes in Evacuation	85-96	(skim)
Appendix C - Survey Questionnaire	97-108	(skim)
Appendix D - Survey Results	109-132	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 392: Transportation's Role in Emergency Evacuation and Reentry explores information on transportation's role in emergency evacuation and reentry by summarizing aspects of its planning, control, and research as well as highlighting effective and innovative practices.

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