Research Article

A Simulation-Based Dynamic Stochastic Route Choice Model for Evacuation

Table 2


Length of time interval5 s
Jam density0.2 veh/m
Free-flow speed54 km/h (i.e., 15 m/s)
Backward propagation speed6 m/s
Straight-through capacity of a cell2160 veh/h/lane (i.e., 3 veh/interval/lane)
Left-turn capacity of a cell2.4 veh/interval/lane
Right-turn capacity of a cell2.7 veh/interval/lane
Merging capacity of a cell2.7 veh/interval/lane
Length of a cell75 m
Carrying capacity of cell15 veh/lane
β0.5