Combining TAPAS and SUMO towards crises management based on traffic data

Abstract

Human-made crisis and natural disasters are major concerns for the society, as they can put in a risk the life of people. Especially in urban area, which are typically highly crowded, the occurrence of a situation of dangers the consequent change of behaviors due to panics can be difficult to imagine, which affects the ability to be able to define appropriate countermeasures to mitigate the crisis itself. That’s why the use of digital solutions can be beneficial to support the analysis of such scenario and improve the understanding of the behavior in case of crisis. In this context, our paper focuses on the transportation infrastructures and proposes an integrated solution based on the combination of two simulation tools called TAPAS and SUMO to support the modelling and simulation of mobility scenario. The integrated solution is experimented in the context of city of Darmstadt (Germany) by simulating normal and change of behavior in terms of mobility and showing the deriving benefits.