Earthquakes can cause traffic network disruption, extensive blacked-out traffic signals,
considerable dislocation trips, and numerous injuries. To avoid injury-transporting private …

Structural deterioration poses a substantial threat to the safety, serviceability, and
functionality of bridges. Since bridges are connected in transportation networks, their failure …

Quick access to hospitals is essential for severely injured people during post-earthquake
emergency medical response. In addition to emergency medical vehicles, most injured …

Natural disasters cause significant disruption in road networks, rendering many crucial links
unusable. We investigate how to identify a sequence for repairing these links that minimizes …

The transportation network resiliency plays a significant role in reducing the devastating
impacts of a disaster. This paper develops a mathematical model to improve the resilience of …

Road networks are critical to a community's ability to recover from a disaster. The ability to
move goods and people efficiently is dramatically affected by disruptions to vulnerable …

Physical infrastructure systems contribute to human civilization significantly and play a key
role in the smooth operation of society. However, such systems may experience loss of …

Elements of a potential emergency response to a major hazard event can be identified early
in the response planning process. Having goals for emergency provision of services …

The road network's transport capacity and traffic function will be directly reduced if urban
roads are damaged by earthquakes. To effectively improve the resistance and recovery …

Abstract Urban Underground Logistics Systems (UULS) have become an emerging solution
to mitigate urban surface traffic congestion, environmental pollution, and surface transport …