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Evacuating Florida in 2004 Hurricane Evacuation Transportation Workshop April 5, 2004
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Evacuating Floridain 2004
Hurricane Evacuation Transportation Workshop
April 5, 2004
Paul ClarkFDOT - TallahasseeEmergency Management Coordinatorpaul.clark @dot.state.fl.us
DOT Traffic Counter Website
Traffic counter data on website: www3.dot.state.fl.us/ trafficinformation
FDOT and DEM selected the 50 sensor locations specifically to support evacuation needs
DOT Traffic Counter Data• Provides hourly vehicle counts, average
speed, historical numbers for that specific day and time
• Each counter senses vehicles in both directions to support the five designated contra-flow plans
• 15 can be activated at one time• Some will have live video camera view
capability
DOT Traffic Counter Data
DOT Traffic Counter Data• Operational Uses:
– Alert host counties and communities upstream of evacuating areas to the arrival time and numbers of potential evacuees on roadways and shelters
– Public information to inform evacuees and others of areas experiencing traffic congestion
– Monitor the actual status of evacuations relative to predicted clearance times
DOT Traffic Counter Data• Operational Uses:
– Evacuation shutdown planning - determining when to divert traffic or shut down interstate interchanges based on:
• average vehicle speed at the sensor and • the time needed to clear predicted vehicle queues
before the arrival time of tropical storm force winds
Interstate 10Jacksonville to Tallahassee
Begin: I-295End: US 19Total Length: 131 miles
Florida’s TurnpikeFort Pierce to Orlando
Begin: SR 70End: SR 50Total Length: 114 miles
Bee Line ExpresswaySR 520 to SR 417
Begin: SR 520End: SR 417Total Length: 22 miles
Interstate 4Tampa to Orlando
Begin: I-275End: SR 417Total Length: 63 miles
Interstate 75 – Alligator AlleyEast and West Bound
EastboundBegin: CR 951End: US 27Total Length: 78 miles
WestboundBegin: US 27End: Corkscrew RdTotal Length: 105 miles
Interstate 75Shoulder Use Plan
Begin: Toledo Blade BlvdEnd: SR 681Total Length: 21 miles
Partnerships• Know who all the stakeholders are!
– Local Cities and Counties– Florida DOT– Florida Highway Patrol – Florida Division of Emergency Management– Florida National Guard– Florida Department of Law Enforcement– Florida Department of Health– Florida Public Radio– Volunteer Agencies– And the list goes on
Future for Florida
• Exercises– Statewide Hurricane Exercise (May 3-7, 2004)– FDOT Hurricane Exercise (TBD)
• Continue to look to technology and its uses
• Plan, Plan, and Plan some more!