Research Article

A Case Study on the Impacts of Connected Vehicle Technology on No-Notice Evacuation Clearance Time

Table 2

Review of existing connected vehicles technology with possible applications during evacuations.

Modeling approach DevelopmentProposed by

Identifying and managing the state of the evacuation routes and directing the responders and evacuees to the desired routesTechnology assessment with gap analysisKantowitz and LeBlanc, 2006 [37]

Directing emergency vehicles to less congested routesAlgorithm developmentRizvi et al., 2007 [38], Mohandas et al. [39]

Using data fusion to dispatch and direct emergency vehicles during postdisaster environmentMathematical model development and a case studyJotshi et al., 2009 [40]

Unmanned aerial vehicles with wireless communication system in disaster managementArchitecture developmentMaza et al., 2011 [41]

Using cloud-based data system to manage and distribute evacuees to optimize the network capacityAlgorithm development and simulation to validateAlazawi et al., 2012 [42]

Disseminating information about an approaching emergency vehicle through the roadside unitsArchitecture development and simulationBermejo et al., 2013 [43]