Evacuating Florida in 2004 Hurricane Evacuation Transportation Workshop April 5, 2004 Paul Clark FDOT - Tallahassee Emergency Management Coordinator

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

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 10 Jacksonville to Tallahassee Begin: I-295 End: US 19 Total Length: 131 miles

Florida’s Turnpike Fort Pierce to Orlando Begin: SR 70 End: SR 50 Total Length: 114 miles

Bee Line Expressway SR 520 to SR 417 Begin: SR 520 End: SR 417 Total Length: 22 miles

Interstate 4 Tampa to Orlando Begin: I-275 End: SR 417 Total Length: 63 miles

Interstate 75 – Alligator Alley East and West Bound Eastbound Begin: CR 951 End: US 27 Total Length: 78 miles Westbound Begin: US 27 End: Corkscrew Rd Total Length: 105 miles

Interstate 75 Shoulder Use Plan Begin: Toledo Blade Blvd End: SR 681 Total 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!