Hazmat transportation in cities faces significant risks that may cause catastrophic losses to humans.From the perspective of the regulator,the main responsibility is to mitigate hazmat transport risk by determining th...Hazmat transportation in cities faces significant risks that may cause catastrophic losses to humans.From the perspective of the regulator,the main responsibility is to mitigate hazmat transport risk by determining the availability of road networks to hazmat carriers.Based on the time-variant population distribution,the hazmat transport risk was assessed via the total population exposure associated with the resident and variable populations at different times.We propose a risk-minimizing urban hazmat road network design model for multiple types of hazmats,considering time-varying traffic.The model was applied to a realistic case study of hazmat transportation in a densely populated urban area with complex traffic in Shanghai,China.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 72032001 and 71972071)and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Hazmat transportation in cities faces significant risks that may cause catastrophic losses to humans.From the perspective of the regulator,the main responsibility is to mitigate hazmat transport risk by determining the availability of road networks to hazmat carriers.Based on the time-variant population distribution,the hazmat transport risk was assessed via the total population exposure associated with the resident and variable populations at different times.We propose a risk-minimizing urban hazmat road network design model for multiple types of hazmats,considering time-varying traffic.The model was applied to a realistic case study of hazmat transportation in a densely populated urban area with complex traffic in Shanghai,China.
