Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Zhang, Li
Committee Member
Truax, D. Dennis
Committee Member
Jin, Minzhou
Date of Degree
5-2-2009
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Civil Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering
Department
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abstract
This thesis was motivated to simulate the evacuation traffic of Mississippi Stated University (MSU) main campus using the Path-Following logic of TSIS/CORSIM and to evaluate a set of traffic management plans. Three scenarios of traffic management plans were developed and tested. A NCT of 123 minutes was projected if evacuate without any plan. In comparison, under a pre-planned traffic management plan the NCT would decrease to 39 minutes. Further, if implement contra flow the NCT would reduce to 21 minutes. If even further adjust the signal timing plans at the university exits a NCT of 20 minutes would be achieved. The sensitivity analysis found that the NCT was sensitive to the CORSIM parameters of free flow speed, time to react to sudden deceleration of lead vehicle and the configuration of driver type, while the effects of discharge headway and start up lost time were not found to be significant.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15040
Recommended Citation
Wu, Di, "Campus emergency evacuation traffic management plan" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 947.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/947