---

5.1.4 Preparation for the Future

1. “Campaign to Install Automatic Vehicle Identification Tags in All Vehicles so that traffic flow may be monitored during an evacuation and vehicles will be ready once technology has the capability to transmit messages through the automatic vehicle identification equipment.”
   Compendium: Graduate Student Papers on Advanced Surface Transportation Systems: Application of ITS Technology to Hurricane Evacuation Routes

2. “Develop a Database for In-Vehicle Computer Systems that contains existing road networks and evacuation routes at a minimum. Include directions to shelter areas and alternate routes when construction takes place. Prepare to feed real-time information into the database when technicians develop a reliable communications system for delivering real-time information.”
   Compendium: Graduate Student Papers on Advanced Surface Transportation Systems: Application of ITS Technology to Hurricane Evacuation Routes

---

February 7, 2006
Publication #FHWA–HOP-08-015