5.8.6 Evacuation Routes
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Develop [the] Capacity of Evacuation Routes – “[Develop] capacity of evacuation routes, to reduce the potential for operational failures during evacuation; capacity of local streets that provide access to and from evacuation routes, increased and efficiently utilized to prevent bottlenecks at evacuation route access points.”
Reverse Lane Standards and ITS Strategies Southeast United States Hurricane Study: Technical Memorandum Number 1: Final Report
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“Identify Conflicting Needs” – During Hurricane Floyd, South Carolina noted several problems with the hurricane evacuation routes, including “conflicting needs. The evacuation routes were developed from individual scenarios for each population area, so there was potential for conflicting needs during more wide scale evacuations.”
A Study of the Impact of Nine Transportation Management Projects on Hurricane Evacuation Preparedness
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“Identify Traffic Impediments” – During Hurricane Floyd, South Carolina noted several problems with the hurricane evacuation routes, including “traffic impediments. Evacuation routes from different areas sometimes crossed, which impeded evacuating traffic at those points”
A Study of the Impact of Nine Transportation Management Projects on Hurricane Evacuation Preparedness
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Lengthen Evacuation Routes as Necessary – During Hurricane Floyd, South Carolina noted several problems with the hurricane evacuation routes, including “insufficient evacuation length. The evacuation routes only reached 50 miles inland”
A Study of the Impact of Nine Transportation Management Projects on Hurricane Evacuation Preparedness
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Modify Evacuation Routes as Necessary – “Evacuation route designs [need to be] examined and modified, if necessary, to accommodate evacuation management strategies.”
Reverse Lane Standards and ITS Strategies Southeast United States Hurricane Study: Technical Memorandum Number 1: Final Report
February 7, 2006
Publication #FHWA–HOP-08-015
