Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2019

Keywords

Aviation, Highway, Emergency, Restoration

Abstract

In recent years natural disasters have caused significant disruptions to transportation systems, which had to cascade negative impacts on humanitarian operations, related infrastructure, and associated industries in the affected areas. How to prepare for and respond to transportation system disruptions is a complex decision incorporating a variety of factors, from system use to system preparation. To address these challenges, the project team has developed optimization models for flight rescheduling and road restoration after a natural disaster and integrated the models as a decisionmaking tool. The data of North Carolina emergency response activities, air flights, and road closures during Hurricane Matthew were used to test the models and tool. The testing results show that the integrated tool can quickly find optimal sets and sequences for road restoration and flight schedules recovery at an affected airport and 50 counties. The tool can also visualize the damaged connections between counties, airports and resource centers, and the road restoration schedule and flight schedules recovery plan. The optimization models and decision-making tool developed in this project can support deploying effective restoration and recovery of transportation systems during an emergency event, which can improve the mobility of people and disaster relief under emergency.

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